We had a day-trip to Dublin yesterday! We went to see Tim, Claire and Teagan to celebrate Teagan’s birthday. All in all it was a good day, but very long. The day started at 5:30 so we could get to the airport in time to catch the 8am flight and so we got to the party in a seaside town called Bray (just south of Dublin) at 11. After the party, we went to the beach (it was cold, but we were all wrapped up!) The beach there is a pebble beach like Brighton’s and forewarned, we had brought Jon’s wellies with us. All good fun. It was reasonably warm when the wind died down and the sun was out.

We then wandered over the the Sea-Life centre which was nicely done. The kids liked seeing the fish, especially the “Nemo” tank and the sharks! They have a centre in Birmingham too, so I think we should go to it at some point. We then stopped in at a pub for lunch (delicious!) but the kids were getting tired by now and it was showing. To round off our day, we stopped off back at Tim and Claire’s place to have a nose and a cuppa before heading back to the airport.

All in all, a really good day. Very very tiring though as Jon had a nightmare and woke us up at 3:30am! Today has been a recovery day…