Day 10 - the airport, the plane, and the unexpected passengers

Today marked the last day of our fantastic 10 year anniversary celebration vacation. On our agenda, return our rental car and make our flight. And so we traveled back to the Dublin Airport and gave our little black Opel Corsa 5-speed back to the rental car company. It was quite a bit dirtier than when we started, which is the mark of a great vacation :)

There were apparently a million people trying to fly out of the Dublin Airport and all of the people were crammed into an a small area. A bit of an exaggeration, I know, but that is the way we felt. It got to the point, where I went on a hunt to try to find the line that we were supposed to stand in. On my way to finding the line, I had to squeeze past many people, and as I passed one lady I thought, "she looks REALLY familiar"... we smiled at one another and kept moving. After I found the correct line, I turned to go back to find Joe and passed by her again. This time I had placed it, High School. As we passed back by each other, we both asked, "do I know you?"...

There in the Dublin Airport, waiting to get in the same line to check in to the same plane, was a girl I knew in High School. Wonders never cease! After we finally made it ALL the way through security, we were able to chat for a few moments and basically catch up. She had been in Ireland on business and then was joined by her husband for another week of vacation! The had also taken a car tour of Ireland, basically reversing some of the route we had taken, and they were now headed home to Atlanta.

So weird...

Our flight home was drastically improved from our flight to London and we arrived back in Atlanta, took MARTA back to our car, and set off on our next adventure - the Kids in the Hall show in Atlanta!!!!

Eeeeee