Where I left off in my trip was Saturday evening, so I will take it from there.
Saturday evening I was suppose to go out with Ciara and her friends. The howling wind and rain, however, was not exactly welcoming. So instead of going out I stayed in and watched television. It was a good choice; the door started to shake because of the strength of the wind about an hour after I made my decision.
Sunday we spent the day relaxing and went to Bana beach. Such a beautiful beach, wide, clean, gorgeous views.
Monday we went into town to run errands. I went in with my grandma, walked around until we met Sally, my grandma's sister. We met Sally so we could go with her to pick up her granddaughter from school, the same school my mother went to from k-3(2nd or 3rd) grade. The school was very cute. It was fairly big with a mini court yard in the middle, and classrooms surrounding it. Unlike my elementary school, however, the class rooms had walls and hallways separating them. It was a typical school, none the less it was neat to see where my mom had classes.
On Tuesday I made thanksgiving dinner for my grandparents. It is a good thing I brought my running stuff with me, because I ate so well last week. My grandparents house is situated on top of a series of hills that combined with the winds gave me a serious workout on all of my runs.
Wednesday my grandma's friend from work volunteered to be our tour guide for the day, taking us to Killarney National Park and the Dingle Peninsula.
Killarney was our first stop, and we lucked out. The rain had cleared up (it is my personal theory that it only rains in Tralee--it would be sunny elsewhere until we approached the town limits, and then as soon as we were in Tralee the rain would start) so we went for a nice walk. I could have spent the entire day on the trails. The trees were so neat, and the leaves on one some of the plants were as tall as me--I took a picture but they are on my grandma's camera.
After Killarney, which is near/part of the ring of Kerry, we headed to the Dingle pen. Very pretty drive. It started to rain, but we still had a great time. Stunning views of the hills and waters. The land in Ireland is such that you can see the property lines. In the US, you generally know where your land starts and stops, but in Ireland you can see it. They have hedges/fences that divide the land so everyone can see where your property starts and stops.
On Thursday we ran errands, relaxed, because on Friday my flight left at 630, so 430 wake up call. I will never fly Ryan air again. It was horrible. I did not check a box when I was checking in online, which they require, and therefore I had to pay a fee. I wanted to check a bag; I had to pay a fee. Lovely. Thankgoodness I did not have a carryon. As people were boarding the plane they announced that purses counted as a carry-on (this is after all the bags were checked) so women were attempting to stuff their bags into their carryon. If there carry-on was too big (because of the stuffing or they did not fit correctly into the approval basket thing) they had to pay for it. They were handing out slips left and right at the door. I have never seen so many people have to pay the extra. I asked for the customer service number, and they do not have one. You have to write to them if you want to complain. Seriously. Oy.
So after dealing with that I was
so glad to get on Norwegian. Not only is their checked bag limit 5 kg more than Ryan Air, the staff was helpful, and the ride did not make me feel like I was going to plummet to my death at any moment. It's bad when that's your standard for a good airline...
Now I am back home in
Copenhagen and glad to be back. Last night I went to bed at 9 so I could wake up for the meteor shower at 2. I woke up, but it was too cloudy to see anything. Today my only class was canceled, but I came into school, so now I just waiting for my meeting to begin in 20.
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