Ireland

Was beautiful! We had a great time... but if you want to see pics or get an idea of what we did, you will need to visit J’s other blog here. Why? Because J is lazy and doesn’t feel like posting the same pics twice!!

So, the burning question is, did we letterbox while in Ireland? Sadly, the answer is no. When we were making plans for the trip we fully intended to do so. But as the plans were finalized, we decided not to rent a car and let our friends that we were visiting do all the driving (weren’t they sweet to do so?). And then we felt guilty about dragging them around the country to participate in a hobby that they couldn’t care less about. A brief ray of light for our letterboxing plans appeared when we decided to spend one day in Dublin. We noticed that LBNA listed several boxes in Dublin. Hurray! But, on a closer examination of the boxes, we saw that Ducks in Dublin #1 and #2 were being updated, and that Ducks in Dublin #5 wasn’t actually IN Dublin (remember, we didn’t have a car and took the train into the city...)... which just left Trinity College Dublin. J had actually visited Trinity College several times before this trip, and found it doubtful that the box was still in its place. It is a very busy area. Thus, we made the decision that the possibility of a single box just wasn’t worth bringing our letterboxing gear along. Sigh. Are we letterboxing losers, or what?? :-)

As for our Bingo status... in the entire time we were gone, we didn’t get a single word! Guess we didn’t need to worry about coming home to a full Bingo card!