All our bags are checked in straight to Dublin. The bears have their heads sticking out of the carry-on bags & Poodles has gone exploring the airport. She wasn't lying when she said she will be like a dog all eager eyed as this is her first flight much less her first trip abroad. It's interesting to watch her and I'm sure she will provide plenty of amusement on this trip. The waiting area is starting to fill up with passengers now and my eyes are getting heav...

Right now I'm packing and panicking. Somehow I don't feel so prepared for this trip as I did in my past two trips. For my first solo trip to Paris two years ago, I had several list going and by this time (the night before) I was set and ready to go. This time I feel like I'm just grabbing a suitcase, passport, plane tickets and heading out the door. I don't really know Spanish as well as I'd like just whatever I've picked up from work and reading, which is why I ...

I'm home. The flight was much shorter coming back than leaving, perhaps because we got a head-wind and arrived home early. It wasn't a full flight but the bad thing was there was no vent to direct at your face and you could feel the dry air going around. Thankfully the flight attendants kept going around handing out water and apple juice. Immigration and customs were short work...it was waiting for your luggage at the Baggage Claim that took a long time. I though...

Parts of that John Denver song "Leaving on a Jet Plane" keeps repeating itself over and over in my head. "All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go. . . .But, Im leavin on a jet plane don't know when I'll be back again" These past few weeks have flown by so quickly! Between working, training and trying to prepare myself for this trip...life hasn't slowed down for me. My bags are packed and still I am way under the limit. It seems to me that w...