getting ready to travel

February 27 – Tuesday – Farmer’s Market again today so we decide to hold off and eat breakfast down there. Lisa’s doing a bit of laundry, we need to pack today for the trip to Arklow and Amsterdam, we won’t be back until next Monday. Do a bit of house cleaning, I run the vacuum, Lisa a little scrubbing. Down at the Farmer’s Market we have a couple crepes for breakfast. I have the veggie and Lisa has a strawberry one, along with a couple coffees from the coffee cart. We go to the I-café to catch up on things and post a bit, we won’t be around for a while so I better do it now. For some reason my laptop acts up, can’t access the internet, play around with it for a bit and end up running out of battery. It doesn’t last very long on this machine, 50 minutes or so, but new batteries are quite expensive. Head home, plug in the laptop, play around with the settings and I think I’m all set. Back to the I-café and viola…it works. Post to the blog and put up some pics while I check all the emails. Have to prebook our luggage for the Amsterdam flight, saves a few euro that way. Stop in to the Swell for a pint on the way home. Nice place, and it seems to feature jazz, we will have to try it next weekend. The Murphy pint glasses have some inscription on them and I ask the bartender “what would it take to take one home”. She puts the tip jar in front of me along with two clean glasses, I drop 2 euro in and she seems quite pleased, win/win I guess :)

Supper at home, chicken glazed with soy, mashies and green beans, after we map out the trip for tomorrow, I think we have it all set, clothes-check, maps-check, reservations-check, cameras-yup I think we have everything. We have time for a pint yet tonight, so we try the White House, haven’t been there yet. Everyone is watching Reading vs. Manchester United when we arrive. I see they have 1703 on tap, it is a brew from the Kinsale Brewing Co, but it’s not stocked until summer, so I go with the Smithwick’s. We watch Man U win 3-2 and wander home for the night. Tomorrow is a long day driving.