Swords- Thursday, August 15, 2013

     We're getting ready for the big trip back tomorrow and taking it kind of easy today.  We decided not to take a bus into Dublin.  Instead, we slept in late, and then walked to the Swords Pavilion mall, about a mile or so away.   We took the girls to see an early showing of Smurfs 2, and had lunch at KFC.  We did a little shopping.  Scott bought some more Irish CDs.  When it was time to walk home, we found a cab because it was raining.  The cab driver was very talkative.   Julie and Scott walked next door to bring Pizza Dog pizza back for dinner. 

       Julie said at breakfast that when we did "Highs and Lows" at dinner tonight, that we would each give our highs and lows from the entire trip.  Here's what we said:

Anna's Highs and Lows-

Highs- Adopting Molly the seal

    Her birthday in Paris 

    Disney

    Going to the beaches (Brighton and Skerries)

    Seeing the Tattoo

Lows- Her knee bothered her

Emma's Highs and Lows

Highs- Disneyland

     Adopting Molly and the Penguin

     Tattoo

     Night at the Eiffel Tower

Lows- the weather

      Westminster Abbey, where she was creeped out

Scott's Highs and Lows-

   High- All the things we did that had to do with songs- Like the Giant's Ring, Kilkelly, Culloden, Vinegar Hill, and those things.  

       Hearing Paul and Heather again.

       The best day might have been our day on the Antrim Coast.  2nd place may be the day at Winchester, Stonehenge and Glastonbury Tor.

Lows- The day we had the screeching noise in the car.

         The night and morning after the Tattoo.

         Trying to get AAA to respond to us

Julie did her highs by country-

      France- Versailles, even though it was hot.

      England- London Eye

      Wales- Doctor Who Experience

      Scotland- Scenery

      Northern Ireland- Giant's Causeway

      Republic of Ireland- Leprechaun Museum

Lows- Falling on her knee in London and the Cliffs of Moher

       The extremes in weather, from too hot to too cold.

       Not having a hotel room when we arrived in Paris

       Not being able to feed the birds in London