Good bye Sweden and Ireland...

Howdy family and friends! This is the final blog post from the EU. Bitter sweet I must say. I truly miss my kids but will leave a piece of my heart in Sweden and Ireland! So many new memories made that I will cherish forever!

This morning found the alarm going off in Sweden before some of you were even thinking about going to bed in America! Of course it was raining. After dropping Julia off at school where she works, it was hard to hold back the tears that were so ready to fall from the eyes and wet the cheeks! For once I was glad that I was in the backseat and it was still semi-dark.

From there, Peder drove us to Skavsta to the airport to catch our plane.

Luckily for me, I was very tired so I caught a few more winks of sleep on the drive.

After saying the final good bye to him, we went through customs and passport checks again and boarded the 'lovely' RyanAir. This time we decided to sit in the back of the plane. (I don't recommend this option due to the smell of gasoline that comes from the wings.) Going up in the air, the flight was not so pleasant--quite turbulent to be honest. Dave and I snacked on our Swedish candy that we purchased yesterday in the grocery store and shared a set of headphones to watch Alvin and the Chipmunks on the ipod.

After landing in a much warmer and sunny Dublin, Ireland, we made our way right through passport checks and customs. Our flight even arrived early so we beat Blake and Katy to the airport!

They picked us up in their Speed The Light Car

and we drove into the City Center of Dublin. After dropping off our luggage Dave and I hit the streets on Dublin one last time to shop until our feet could handle no more walking. We probably walked over 3 miles today! That's a good shopping day! We enjoyed a great Irish meal for lunch together and then some very tasty ice cream before indulging in a late afternoon coffee time.

We took a final cruise in the EcoCab over to the spire and then made our way back to Blake and Katy's. Tonight we would celebrate Katy's birthday (which is tomorrow) and take them out for a meal of her choice! We found ourselves at a Pizza Restaurant. The pizza here is slightly different than what I serve at the Pizza Palace in Burwell. We had a pepperoni pizza--but theirs was much thicker--almost like a salami cut. The crust is super thin and the sauce has more of a home made taste. Overall very good!

We headed back to the apartment and had some evening sleepy tea...and now for my deep thought on that: How can Sleepy and Tea go together? Tea is usually caffeine and doesn't help one sleep until you add Chamomile... ??

From our final day in the EU to yours, have a great week!