After long flights we finally touched down in Dublin at around 3pm. Melbourne-Abu Dhabi was suitable for a long sleep in a flat bed with real sheets!!!!! And a nice black (with fake diamond trim) pair of PJ's! Abu Dhabi is another story - a huge airport where you walk miles to get anywhere and when you get there it is time to re-board. While lining up to go through security in Abu Dhabi I befriended a nice young man, turns out he works for Aiden O'Brien the famous Irish horsetrainer and had been in Dubai for the Dubai Cup last night. He has invited us to tour the stables while we are here, about half an hour from Nenagh, Tipperary. George was most impressed! I don't normally pick up young men in airport lounges, by the way!
We picked up our car at Dublin Airport and I was the nominated driver for our journey to BrookLodge, County Wicklow, where we had booked for the night. George found it on the internet. Instead of a 75 minute drive it turned out to be about 3 hours in spite of the use of Elspeth's TomTom and the help of a few locals!!! The drive was really beautiful once we left Dublin outskirts. We took country roads instead of the motorway and will probably regret not stopping to have a look at the small villages. But by then tiredness was setting in.
BrookLodge is part of a little village -it is a golf resort + everything! We had dinner at an adjacent restaurant (also pre-booked) and met some lovely people sitting beside us.
We thought of Judy as we walked to the restaurant - cats everywhere!!!! Meow!
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