Gute Fahrt!

Despite how it sounds, Gute Fahrt is German for Good Travels -- which is exactly what we've had so far! We arrived in Frankfurt on time yesterday morning after a very restful flight. Once in the airport we had our first "well, that wouldn't fly in America" experience when I used the ladies' room after a male janitor welcomed us on in. :) Then we spent the whole day bumming around the city, backpacks and all! We hurt all over today, but both agree that it's a good kind of hurt...one that means that our feet have taken us all over a new part of the world. Frankfurt, by the way, was beautiful, clean, and full of friendly and helpful people. We learned history, ate HUGE pretzels and saw some great German architecture.

After a 2 hour bus ride to our next airport, we boarded our first Ryan Air flight of the trip. With a slogan like "We Fly Cheaper" you can imagine that it doesn't boast the amenities that it's larger airline neighbors do. But they mean business! We boarded, buckled up and took off in TOTAL of about 6 minutes...never stopping to even line up on the runway for take-off. Our landing was equally fast...probably the fastest ever and seemingly completed on about 100 yards of runway. Might have had something to do with the plane landing right on our heels :) Guess they don't mess around over here!

Today we ate breakfast at our little budget hotel...and I do mean BUDGET. But hey, it was a bed and shower that was very much needed! Then we bummed around Dublin and saw some really great (and OLD) sights...St. Patrick's cathedral, Christ Church cathedral, Dublin Castle, Trinity College and the Temple Bar area. It's a bit chilly and spitting rain here and there, but that's adding to the charm of this historical city. So now we're on our way to the car rental place! Hopefully we survive driving on the left side of the road to write to you again soon! Prayers are much welcome :)