Mo Chlann

by safarisogood

“There’s nothing so bad that it couldn’t be worse.” Irish Proverb

Amanda, my step-daughter, was due to join us for the first week of this trip. She left Bozeman, Montana, around the same time we left California — but flying through New Jersey to Dublin. We were in San Francisco when we heard from her that her flight from Jersey to Dublin was cancelled due to mechanical problems! The next available flight was the following day. Since there was nothing we could do, we continued on our way. Amanda, however, took advantage of bad luck and went into New York City to have pizza and check out Times Square. Way to make lemonade out of lemons! She finally arrived in Dublin Saturday morning and the four of us (Lexi was on a tour to a local farm with her internship buddies) toured the city on a Do Dublin hop on-hop off bus. We stopped to have lunch at a pub (seriously, all the food is in the bars; well, at least MOST of the food) and happened upon a large group of young men having a bachelor party. The groom-to-be was made to dress in a dinosaur costume, which was hilarious. One of the group – Tom from Scotland – was quite taken with Kenzie and talked her into giving him her Facebook name. He friended her before the day was out!