michellek: Day 1 06/01/12: Flight to New York, then to Shannon, Ireland

Reflect on the first 24 hours of travel...exciting, difficult, looking forward to?

I thought that my first 24 hours of travel were pretty tiring and sluggish. I know I can't really complain because we were expecting the times of the airplane flights and all, but I was still pretty tired. I thought the views were absolutely spectacular though :)! The occasional cows and horses we saw were pretty rad too. The only thing tha tI would've changed is to have the power to make myself go to sleep during the plane flight to Shannon, Ireland. I had a lot of fun when we (me, Christine, Theresa, Sophia, Xochitl, and Albert) were playing cards the whole time while we were in the airport. I have learned that Albert is a boss at playing cards (and that you probably shouldn't play against him if you get angry easily). I hope that the rest of the trip is even better than today. The most exciting part of the trip would have to be looking at the great views of the mountains of Ireland. I've only seen pictuers of Ireland, but never in person. The hardest part of the trip would probably have to be handling my tiredness and laziness throughout the day. I'm most excited for the Ring of Kerry tomorrow!

Summary of the day & highlights:

Today we went to the airporst, played some exciting game of cards, saw Bunratty's castle, visited the town of Aundare, saw the wonderful views of Ireland, took some pictures with the views and a horse (and its dead-looking foal o_o), and visited Ross's Castle before heading back to our hotel. I thought the highlights were seeing the views, and playing Egyptian Ratscrew (card game) with my group.