We MADE IT!!! 12 Kellys are in Ireland staying at a fabulous mansion in Adare, Ireland. We almost didn't make it .... a few times over.

1.) Loaded up and ready to go, right? Dan decided to take a shower at 1:30 pm, thus he wasn't in the lobby until 2:15 pm. The shuttle was ready to for 2:30 pm. Whew!

<-- Our luggage & people took up the whole shuttle.

2.) In range of Chicago, a wrong turn nearly cost 4 travelers their free parking and shuttle to the airport. But let's be honest, I had no problems because I stayed at a Holiday-Inn Express last night. ;) Dave, Kathleen, Nina, and Robert were under the gun to make it to the hotel on time. The shuttle driver was loading us up and said we've only got 5 minutes to spare. Luckily, Dave excels as a driver in difficult situations and pulled in to the hotel in the nick of time.

Daddy-o forgot to mention to the driver we were headed to the international terminal, not domestic. Oopsy.

And last, but not least, Uncle Dan went missing when they started to close down the security lines. There was some mild worry, but I never batted an eye. Affterall, Uncle Rob was buying the round of drinks.

The 6 hr plane ride was boring and such. I got caught up on the movies, not on my sleep. I was lucky enough to sit next to my darling-ly not so quite Uncle Rob and behind my dearest Grandfather. oh well.

<---The first picture on Irish soil.
We arrived in Dublin without any problems, as a matter of fact, we were early. But lady luck had left us. The equipment that takes the frieght off the plane broke down completly while attached to our plane. It only meant an extra 1 1/2 hours in Dublin sitting on the plane. On the upside, they let all twelve of us into Ireland without getting flagged for misbehavior.

Adare Manor is beautiful and we checked into our townhouses and rested this afternoon. Being we had just arrived, we decided we just couldn't not go to the pub for dinner.

Oh yeah, and we picked up our 12 companion, my brother, in Shannon. (he was routed differently to Ireland.)