Ireland 2003 Log 1

Today was the day of our departure to Ireland. I was supposed to take Daniel to work and then head to school. We were up until about 3:30am doing all of our last minute packing and other preparations for the trip. At about 6:00am, we received a call telling us the alarm at the camera store we work at was going off. Daniel got up and went to work and I was able to get a bit more sleep. Fortunately the 7 inches of snow we had yesterday was melting and no longer covering the roads. Erik & I had school from 10:00am to 2:00pm. I finished my group work a bit early and had just enough time to eat lunch with a friend before Dad, Mom, & Daniel picked us up. Dad dropped us off at the airport a half hour later and he headed north to Seattle to catch his flight (we had to book his trip separate since we weren’t sure if he would make it home from Italy prior to our departure). We boarded our flight to Frankfurt at about 5:00pm and we were on our way. To our surprise, the four of us got bulkhead seats and had plenty of legroom. For some reason, the flight attendants all thought that I was German, so with a bewildered look each time they spoke to me I had to say “English Bitte.” We had dinner on the flight a few hours after takeoff and then all dozed off for a bit.