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BlogPostMon28Sept09
10.20 Dublin Airport. Well, I’m finally using my laptop at an airport – can’t log onto airport WIFI without paying, so I’ll just compose the blog and send it later. This was a complicated event – not sure I can even now review it accurately. The last thing that happened is I was welcomed to the US through Customs where my customs declaration was stamped. (The form was given to me by a kind lady in line, Ryanair neglected to do it). Declared $400 worth of new stuff, which is probably about right. Before that, through Security where I didn’t have to take off my hiking boots, thank goodness. But, my squash blossom necklace fell off the top of my tray of stuff onto the moving belt and I might have not noticed – it was three feet behind my tray – but I DID. Before that, I’ve forgotten for sure, seems like I went through passport inspection, a pre-inspection station for both customs and passport, then earlier to Delta station to check bags – when I thought I was through, but NO – there are still lines! At one point we were shuffled to the opposite end of the terminal since the lines were so long and the ones we were sent to were empty! (Somebody didn’t plan this very well. I conjectured it was because they had a sign with arrows pointing left and right and everyone naturally turns right so the leftward point was empty.) Before that, I arrived from Cork on Ryanair (first planes I’ve seen where passengers loaded both in the front and in the back (I’m impressed with Ryanair. – even though they charged me another 45 euros since my bag was 3 kilos overweight – but they were very nice about it!) Before that, I was shuttled from the Cork International Airport Hotel to the Cork airport where I checked my big bag (3 kg over – 45 euros) and used my carryon to stuff my purse into it along with most heavy things I brought and bought – they don’t weigh the carryon . Before that, I rose at 5:00 – had a wakeup call AND figured out how to set the alarm on the TV – worried about turning the TV off, but it rang anyway! That impressed me, too! What a technologically astute country this is!
10.20 Dublin Airport. Well, I’m finally using my laptop at an airport – can’t log onto airport WIFI without paying, so I’ll just compose the blog and send it later. This was a complicated event – not sure I can even now review it accurately. The last thing that happened is I was welcomed to the US through Customs where my customs declaration was stamped. (The form was given to me by a kind lady in line, Ryanair neglected to do it). Declared $400 worth of new stuff, which is probably about right. Before that, through Security where I didn’t have to take off my hiking boots, thank goodness. But, my squash blossom necklace fell off the top of my tray of stuff onto the moving belt and I might have not noticed – it was three feet behind my tray – but I DID. Before that, I’ve forgotten for sure, seems like I went through passport inspection, a pre-inspection station for both customs and passport, then earlier to Delta station to check bags – when I thought I was through, but NO – there are still lines! At one point we were shuffled to the opposite end of the terminal since the lines were so long and the ones we were sent to were empty! (Somebody didn’t plan this very well. I conjectured it was because they had a sign with arrows pointing left and right and everyone naturally turns right so the leftward point was empty.) Before that, I arrived from Cork on Ryanair (first planes I’ve seen where passengers loaded both in the front and in the back (I’m impressed with Ryanair. – even though they charged me another 45 euros since my bag was 3 kilos overweight – but they were very nice about it!) Before that, I was shuttled from the Cork International Airport Hotel to the Cork airport where I checked my big bag (3 kg over – 45 euros) and used my carryon to stuff my purse into it along with most heavy things I brought and bought – they don’t weigh the carryon . Before that, I rose at 5:00 – had a wakeup call AND figured out how to set the alarm on the TV – worried about turning the TV off, but it rang anyway! That impressed me, too! What a technologically astute country this is!
Something I left out - in Atlanta I DID have to take off my hiking boots to get through security! That is coming back home, I did, - not on the way out.
Something Kathy says she hasn’t seen before either is the waitpersons have handheld computers they bring to the table and take your credit card info directly right at the table when you pay your bill. Neat.
Before all of that, I slept in a beautiful bed from 21.00 to 5.00 and rose feeling great. Before that I had a long warm bath in deep water in a tub long enough for me to submerge everything except my head! They really have long tubs here – remember Jim? I’ve run out of steam now and will call it quits. Besides that, the battery will give out sooner or later – When? I have no idea.
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