From Dublin

Hey all,
We're in Dublin today. Blaine's using the phone to try to meet up with some friends, so I thought I'd duck in and check my email and write a quick post. We stayed in a very nice bed and breakfast in Kildare last night and then drove into Dublin today. Driving in Dublin was a bit crazy, but we managed to get the car safely parked (and won't move it again until we leave). Dublin is a bit crazy this weekend. St. Patrick's day is a four day thing over here, so it's just wrapping up tonight with a big fireworks show over the river Liffey. Hopefully we'll be able to meet up with our friend and enjoy it.
We also went to the Guiness factory today. Blaine had to drink my free pint and his too, as I'm not a Guinness fan (better not say that too loud here though). Anyway--tommorow we're heading to Belfast and up to the "Giant's Causeway." We're ready to get out of this city and into the countryside--guess you can't take the Kansas out of us in the end ....
Cheers! Meryl and Blaine