Hugo will be the first one to tell you, Courtney cannot cross the street. It’s been 3 weeks and I am still having a bit of difficulty figuring out what side to look at first. My fast paced NYC self wants to cross the street long before I am actually able to do so. Hugo seriously worries about Courtney and doesn’t like when she goes out on her own because she is dangerous. lol.
On our first day, #1 we were exhausted, #2 everything seems so far as you’re just getting acquainted with the city. We mainly explored around Portobello and found the canal with swans on it. We also had to do some grocery shopping, settling in, etc. It was a good first day though.
We left 7pm on Wednesday evening and after much ado about nothing, took off an hour late thanks to some sort of Air Marshall test (will elaborate about that some other time). We barely slept and arrived in Dublin at 7am on Thursday morning. Coming from New Jersey’s snow and ice and lack of color, it was so exciting to see green grass!! Although it rains here, it’s not nearly as bad as what we were coming from. I’ll take the rain any day compared to snow! Once we checked into our short term “let” we took a nap. Upon waking, the door rang and the sweetest old Irish man was at the door with a gorgeous basket of flowers. Thank you Michel Family! It truly was a sweet gesture for our arrival.
Leaving Hoboken was a surreal experience. From the moment we decided to pursue Ireland, it was a whirl wind. It was packing, selling, moving, getting quotes, researching, non-stop for 2 months.
-Here is a picture of what we actually brought on the plane. Our clothes for approx. 5 weeks. Quite possibly the toughest pack of our careers. We both thought we packed a great diverse set of clothes, well here we are in week 3 in Dublin and not sure what we packed or why. We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of our things as these clothes are not cutting it. It’s starting to become Spring and we have heavy sweaters and boots. Not a good look!
Courtney and Hugo's Adventures Abroad 