Well…this has been a long day with getting up at 5am in Dublin and now it’s only 7 pm here in Maryland and I am worn out…if you do the math with the time we were on, it’s really about midnight our time and I won’t be getting much past nine tonight…have to be back at the airport pretty early tomorrow for the flight back to GR and I think were leaving here around 10 or so since I have to get through the lines to board by 11:55 and the flight leaves at 12:25 and gets into GR at 2:05…after unloading and getting my bags, it will probably be 2:30 or a little after before I’ll be out the door…I am really looking forward to getting home tomorrow afternoon and melting into my couch after I get the house restarted….this trip took a lot out of me and I think it’s going to be a few days before I get back to normal….it will be nice to have my own stuff to use again after living in hotels and my daughter’s house for the past three weeks…I did have loads of fun and saw everything I wanted to and more so it was a good last trip for me….now I can try to remember it and I hope the photos help…

Well…up at around 5 this morning and didn’t sleep for crap as the anticipation of another travel day has me digging down deep to survive it….slept okay last night but this damn cold has my sinuses felling like they are filled with cement and that is not going to be fun with the pressure changes on the plane this morning…but I’ll take something for it before I leave the hotel long with some ibuprofen to get me through 6 hours of sitting on the plane today….this time change is supposed to be easier going west but I’ll believe it when I see it…still have to pack a little bit but I have three hours until I have to go down to breakfast so that will be plenty of time…so I’ll have a leisurely morning sine they aren’t picking us up for the trip to the airport until around 10…had a lot of fun on  the trip but I am so tired right now that I’ll probably sleep on the plane instead of watch a movie…or I’ll be too wired to sleep…who knows? I’ll try to get the computer working in Baltimore to do another one of these today…and I’ll be able to listen to the voicemail my doctor left for me three weeks ago…don’t need any more surprises…damn, it will be good to have a working phone again…more later…

Well…sitting here wasting the afternoon watching “Duel” and all I can think is how worn out I am…and I think it’s the cold doing it but it could be the 200 miles of walking we’ve done on the trip…I did get out to two museums today and that was fun and I bought myself a new eyeglass case that has Celtic designs on it which are pretty cool…and that’s to replace the ratty old one that I’ve been carrying around for 8 years….but haven’t done much else but pack today so I’ll be ready to get moving early in the morning and head out to the airport…it’s been a fun time but I am ready to go home….

Well…getting ready to head out on our easy day and it is going to be a visit to two museums that I wanted to see that are free and only  a 15 minute walk from here…then we have the rest of the day to pack and just take it easy before we go out for the last dinner here…we are all looking forward to getting back to the states and to our normal, less hectic lives….we get into Philly at 4 tomorrow afternoon, get a night’s sleep and then off to BWI around 9:30 for my flight back to GR where I’ll get in a little after 2…so, the end is near and I am going to enjoy this last day of my last trip…I am old, after all…

Well..up at 6:17 this morning and we go into the last day of the trip…I am pretty worn out and really need to take it easy with traveling home tomorrow…I was thinking that just the London trip normally would have worn me out and adding in the rest of it really has…I am looking forward to getting back to my little house Monday so I can just stop for a bit and relax…it has been so much fun and I’ve seen so much that a lot of it is a blur right now so I’m glad I have lots of photos to go back and refresh my memory…doesn’t look like rain today and it’s going to be warm…okay, a little rain here in an hour or so but then dry the rest of the day…I got my Irish pub excursion in yesterday so I really don’t have anything to do today other than veg a bit and pack later….I still have the cold but feel okay but is going to be a welcome thing to get home and rest…need to get back into normal life and find out what my surgeon needed to talk to me about and get ready for the dental appointment a week from Monday…sure hope the car starts when I get to Tom’s house Monday so I can drive…this is the longest period of not driving since I got my license when I was 16….and that is a little weird….more later…

Well…damn, up at 5:37 this morning and have to be downstairs for breakfast by 7 to get to our tour by 8…this is going to be the last tour of the trip and it should be over by around 1 pm and I am so worn out…I do have a cold but I did a covid test yesterday so it can’t be that and that is a relief….still have a sore throat and I’m coughing a bit but feel okay…it’s about 64 today and I wonder if I should wear shorts this morning? I have them out but with the cold, I probably should err on the side of caution and wear jeans today…it’s going to get up to 71 tomorrow so that may be a better time to put them on…had Nepalese/Indian food last night and, again, it was great and very spicy…we’re trying for Greek food tonight and I hope that works out…can’t wait to see the Irish countryside this morning…it looks like no rain today so that will be cool to be dry for a change…okay, I need to get a shower in but I’m not going to tape my feet today sine I’m wearing the Skechers today….more later…

Well…up at about the normal time today of around 6 and need to get moving soon to get down to breakfast by 8…we have the walking tour of Dublin this morning and it looks like we are going to get wet with the rain that is forecast…so it will be raincoat and jeans since it’s going to be in the 50’s this morning…had a fun day yesterday for the first one here but the trip is winding down and I am looking forward to going home and back to my normal life…where I can just veg for a couple of days…I do need to get my RSV and covid vaccines by the end of next week as I settle back in….still have some cool stuff to do here so I’m going to enjoy it…went out to and Irish pub for dinner last night and had the best Irish stew I’ve ever had so it looks like we are going back there for our last meal Sat night….the we walked around Dublin for a bit and it is a little unusual to walk around at night but cool…I do have a full sized mirror in this room instead of the the little slot mirror from the last place and I have a 2 1/2 foot deep tub that I am going to soak in when we get back from the tour this afternoon…but right now I need to get the morning post out to Mastodon and take a shower….more later….

Well…they day wasn’t going too good with tension between my daughter and SIL that I couldn’t figure out…but it’s not for me to wade in and make things worse…so I’m not…I did get the remote figured out and it was as simple as taking the back off and rotating the battery back and forth to get the corrosion off the ends and now it works fine…and I know how to get ice so that will smooth out my nights here…still want to go out and have a pint in the pub down the way and I may after dinner tonight…they have Irish music that I like and that may make me have more beer than I should…so I won’t…I have a tub that is 2 1/2 feel deep so I am going to soak this old body in hot, hot water after the walking tour tomorrow…still doing okay but I am going to tape up the feet before we go tomorrow…want to be able to enjoy it without thinking of my feet…

Well…got into Dublin a little before noon and had the chance to walk the city and that was fun…the street here are narrower and the buildings closer than Edinburgh but it’s different but cool…I am a little disappointed that the tv remote pad doesn’t work, the mini fridge doesn’t either and there is no ice for a cocktail…basic stuff that an upscale hotel should have down pat before they have guests…I am going to head out to get some Irish whisky here in a half hour or so to have something to sip on after we go out to dinner…okay…have a remote that kind of works and I did walk out and got some oak barrel aged Irish whisky for sipping tonight…not cheap but the company was established in 1778 so they must be doing something right……can’t wait to try it…

Well.ward to..up at o dark thirty this morning to be ready to head for the airport  at 6:50…up at about 5:15 to get the rest of my stuff packed and get a shower before we head out…last travel until we go back to the states Sunday and I am looking forward to seeing Ireland…or the part where we are going to be…we do have a half day tour into the country so that should be cool and we have a walking tour of Dublin that should be cool…it’s been fun here in Edinburgh being right under the castle and right in downtown…we are around  the corner from the oldest market in Scotland that has been in continuous use and in the same shape since the 1100’s and that is pretty cool…but now we’re down to the last four days and I am struggling trying to fix it all in my memory…glad I took lots of photos so I can go back through them to jog my memory…I need to get over to Mastodon to do my morning update so I’ll end here….more later…