Made it to Wales!

Monday 6/8/09
This is the end of a very long day. It is almost 8pm here which means that we have been mostly awake for 32 hours. I say mostly, because there were scattered 15-30 minute naps on the plane that weren’t interrupted by turbulence or people squirming in their seats. We managed to navigate Dublin airport quite well, and had no trouble catching our bus to Dún Laoghaire. Once there however we started to run out of steam. The weather outside was not cooperating for exploring the village on foot so we took refuge in a coffee shop, and whiled away a few hours until it was time to take the ferry to Holyhead. The trip went smoothly from there; we arrived in Wales and got our rental car. I held my breath when we first started driving on the left hand side of the road, but I was relatively quickly relaxed by Morgan’s skills. He has done a great job driving, and has yet to screw up and turn incorrectly or drive in the wrong lane as I would have undoubtedly done. We arrived in Betsey Y cowed just in time to check into our room and get dinner. Our room however was where we hit a minor snag. Instead of being an inn like it was described online, The Eagles is actually a ‘bunk house’ which means that the only sleeping accommodations that they have are bunk beds. Not exactly what we planned. Other minor snags include that breakfast is not in fact included and that you have to rent towels if you want to shower. Much less like the bed and breakfast that I had pictured, but I can’t complain much because the countryside here is more beautiful then expected, and it makes up for the less then expected sleeping arrangements. Now I’m off to bed to see if a full night of sleep leads to better things in the morning.