July 3 - Moving On to Ireland

(Gene) Gatwick is an unusual, at least to me, airport. Once you have your boarding pass you then stand in a large open space and wait to see which gate your flight will be taking off from. Once you gate is announced you have only 15 minutes to get there.

Today I realized how frustrating the trip has been for me so far. What has frustrated me is that we have practically every detail of our holiday in John's PDA. This has caused me to feel like I have little control over knowing what we are doing and at what time. This may sound silly as we both agreed upon our itinerary before we left Seattle. So, to make me feel more relaxed, comfortable and in a wee bit more control, I have written down the next few day's schedule. This should help John too as I will not have to keep asking him schedule related items. I'm sure I must be driving him a little crazy.

Dinner tonight was terrific. We ate at The Shack. It is located in the heart of Temple Bar in Dublin. What an exciting area it is. I could come here everyday. I had corned beef (one of my favorites) . It was served in a white sauce. It was very good and the helping was generous too. I must admit I still love John's waY of cooking corned beef. His is the best in the world. One last note for the day: as we ate dinner we listened to recorded music. Tonight it was Bing Crosby. One song he sang stuck out among the rest - Deep in the Heart of Texas. It must be an Irish favorite!