Day One by Libby and Hunter (pilgrims)
Well it started out interesting, we got to the airport and could see our plane from the window; wasn’t that hard to miss; big and green with a clover on the tail. We took off in good weather and there were movies and games and a lot of funny looking food (chicken and rice and cheese cake and water in those little applesauce cases). We were supposed to sleep but of course none of us really did so we stayed up a total of 24 hours.
We landed and immediatly got coffee and hot chocolate. We loved hearing the Irish accent! We drove to get breakfast where I had a really cool looking black hunk of something (which I found out later was blood sausage). Breakfast was really really good and then we went to the mountain “stroll” for about an hour and a half. We all got good pictures and a good walk. Then we had a long ride back, but most people dozed off in the car. Monica and I had seats in the front (yes there are two seats next to the driver who is on the right side) so we got the best view I think of all the farms and sheep.
We came to our retreat center and saw how nice it was. It used to be stables but the man who owns it, John, fixed it up really nice. It has a cool staircase and a hourglass shaped ceiling where the beds are.
The night was fun, apparently I woke up screaming and Monica pounced from her bed for some reason. Why? None of us are really sure but it was the nightly entertainment in Ireland.