Day 2: Family

Day 2. Sunny day in Dublin. I actually got sunburned today.

I walked around and got reacquainted with Dublin. It really is a very small City but it certainly is bustling with tourists and locals doing their day-to-day routines. The Liffey River is the focal point of the city. It's not very clean but it's here.

I met David and Dan for lunch. They had a friend from Florida along with them named Amy. She was very nice. During lunch the best man and his partner and his mother all joined us. It was really quite delightful but I have to admit I found it very difficult to follow the conversation. Their accents all seem to blend together.

After lunch, Dan Amy and I went to Butler's chocolate house. We had a coffee in a chocolate and it was really delightful. We walked around the different shops and it was really a lot of fun. While having lunch, I heard from Michael Ruane and he and his wife invited me for dinner along with Josie and Ann.

I took some time to rest and then I took the luas, which is their tram, and took the ride out to Michael's house. It's a long ride but it's very pleasant. I found house easily and they were all sitting out in the garden.

It's really amazing how I've only known these people for such a short time yet as we talked it feels like we've known each other all our lives. Each of our experiences with family is not unlike the rest of us. It was just a wonderful . While were there, the rest of Michael's children all came in to say hello. There was Sinead, Michael and Eamon. I had met them all except for Eamon and it was a delight to see them.

The evening flew by and all of a sudden it was 10 and I had not been to bed for 2 days. Time to go home and sleep.