Harms family (and a Niccum) invasion

The Harms family came to Dublin. They came, all of them. Mom, Dad, Amber, Annie and Tim arrived on Friday and Jaime landed bright and early Saturday morning. Dublin greeted everyone appropriately with grey skies, lashing rain and a good amount of wind. It did NOT rain on our parade though.
After some naps and showers we headed to the city centre to one of our favorite places for some food, pints, Irish music, and of course the craic!


Slainte!

The Guys

Bangers and Mash were a crowd favorite

The next morning my mom and I headed back to the airport to meet Jaime. When we arrived at the terminal everyone was coming out. The whole place was being evacuated. We were all standing around outside being ushered from one end of things to another.  This arrived....

And after about 25 minutes we were allowed back in and everything appeared normal.

We came home for a quick bit and then we were out again to do a bus tour of Dublin. We didn't let Jaime sleep until about 2 am the following morning! As the day went on she kept referring to things that happened "yesterday" and and "yesterday on the plane..."

Outside Bewley's

 Everyone is happy for a pic with the Jolly Leprechaun....and then a bird pooped on us.

We ALL had to pause for clean up.

Cutie Patootie on the tour bus

Most of our crew, top of the bus back row because we're COOL!

Dublin Castle

An angelic angle for Dad in the Castle Chapel

The organ and some stained glass in the chapel

Next stop: Kilmainham Gaol

 Dad in the main part of the prison

 creepy hallway

Amber was naughty. Time out in the cell.

This tour was excellent. A bit sad, but so interesting and historical. We all learned a few things.

Stay tuned...this is only the beginning