Today we head back home.  Slept in a little later and went down for breakfast at 9:00a.  Enjoyed my last full Irish Breakfast (minus the white & black pudding on my plate).  Jessica had the poached eggs and Emma ate off the cold buffet offerings.

We had reorganized and packed our luggage the previous night in Kilkenny knowing that when we dropped off the rental car we had to be more mobile and would be walking a couple of blocks to our place.  Also, it worked out well that when we were at the airport after dropping off the rental we had our bags weighed at the Aer Lingus counter to know if we were within the weight limit on our bags.

Left Harrington Hall and walked along St. Stephen’s Green to Leeson Street to wait for the Aircoach bus to take us to the airport.

Checked in and just waiting now for our flight home.  The flight leaves at 3:45pm Dublin to O’Hare.  We visited the Vat Refund counter and got our tax refunds processed back to our credit cards, which will take 4 to 6 weeks.

Visited all the Duty Free shops at the airport, the liquor shops offer free tastings to get you to buy more Irish whiskey!!  We found a good spot to settle into comfortable chairs to wait for our gate to be announced on the board.  Thank God for free Wi-Fi courtesy of Dublin Airport.

Emma said there will be cliff notes added to the blog and Jessica said she will be adding some footnotes.

We enjoyed our travels around Ireland and hope to return to the emerald isle again.  The country is breathtaking beautiful, the people are warm and easy-going making you feel welcomed.

All the best!

Cynthia, Jessica and Emma