Tom and I arrived nice and early for our 5:45pm US Airways flight to Dublin via Philadelphia on December 23rd; knowing that there would be traffic both on the roads and at the airport. While waiting in line (a line where many of our fellow passengers for Dublin where also standing) I received an email stating that our flight had been cancelled and thus began the mayhem of the trip that was to be my first Irish Christmas.
We were able to cancel our flight to Dublin and re-book on an Air Canada flight headed to London, thinking we could easily get a quick flight over to Belfast or Dublin...not so. Christmas was spent at the Cavendish Hotel London. From Heathrow we flew to Belfast, arriving in Newry on boxing day, in time to enjoy some Christmas dinner leftovers. One night at Tom's parents in Newry and we were in the car again and on our way to the Dublin Airport this time, and off to Bordeaux via Paris.
A night at the Etap Hotel near the Bordeaux Airport (Etap hotels are clean and a great deal, our night costing 42 Euro!) and we were on the road early the next day to Sainte Emilion and then to Sainte Radegonde, where our hotel, Chateau de Sanse was located. Great food and wine over the next two and half days was enjoyable, but did not last long enough. Soon we were back in the car and heading to the Bordeaux Airport to fly back to Dublin, again via Paris.
From Dublin back to Belfast, with a stop in Newry around 11:30pm. Finally we had a full day to spend in Belfast wandering, and it was New Years' Eve. But no late night celebrating for us, for we had to be up at 7am on New Years Day to catch a flight back to Toronto via London, and there ends the Christmas Holiday Journey of 2010.
I'll get my first Irish Christmas some year...and we'll book that trip with Air Canada!
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