Dublin to Chicago - Day 11

Friday, 28 September 2012

Today it is time to pack our bags and go home. Yeah, my luggage is still under the weight limit! We had our last Irish breakfast and then our last coach ride to the airport. Our group of 23 will be leaving together from Dublin; 4 travelers left early this morning and 1 traveler will be spending more time in Ireland.


farewell Ireland

We said good bye to Mike and Ireland. At the airport, we went through US pre-clearance before departure (this was a first time for me). It was very simple, immigrations (stamped my passport), customs (showed a video image of my bag—very cool). We “arrived” in the USA before leaving Ireland! Our flight on Aer Linguis left around 1:30 PM. 

After a little seat arranging, we settled in—had some dinner and then it was rest time for our 8 hour flight. The clocks moved back 6 hours; it is still Friday! It was time to “wake-up” (if you were sleeping). We had something to eat and arrived in Chicago at 3:30 PM CST. Then we went right to baggage claim—no waiting in immigration or customs (very nice). We said our final good-byes and then it was time to find our way home by car, bus or plane.

It was a great trip “around” Ireland; now it’s nice to be home!