Our day began at the early hour of 3am. This was the morning that our new lives would begin. All week we hadn’t really contemplated this change. The cows roaring in the Kiloughter plains didn’t help my chances of sleeping though. I eventually got a bit of shut eye.
Morning in Kiloughter began at 8 for the last time. We got ready in order to say our goodbyes to the family. They all arrived and acted casual discussing the travel that was in front of us. Few cups of coffee later they decided it was time to let us on our way. This was the beginning of floods of tears from some of the family members. Emotions were exceptionally high which some of us didn’t fully expect. They waved us to the gate. This symbolised the end of a chapter of all our lives but the beginning of another.
The journey to Dublin provided many discussions about the adventure as well as the sad goodbyes. One last goodbye was left for Mum (Breda Daly). Pressure was on here when we departed in Dublin Airport. The fathers tended to get more emotional than the mothers. Mum held out the tears. That was it we were now 4 Adults out on our own.
Dublin to London flight went perfect no problems.
Next up was the long haul flight from Heathrow to Rio de Janeiro. The plane journey started well. The plane was massive. We got our seats. Mike got stuck between two Brazilians but it’s a lesson that might stand to him at a later stage. Killing time seemed easy at the start. One movie in and the arrival was 8 hours 30mins away. Then the “Da Vinci code” and the plane journey was down to 6 hours. The next six hours were harder to kill. Sleeping seemed impossible. Maybe nerves were beginning to kick. Time eventually disappeared. We landed in Sao Paulo then beautiful Rio. Stay posted Conor
Morning in Kiloughter began at 8 for the last time. We got ready in order to say our goodbyes to the family. They all arrived and acted casual discussing the travel that was in front of us. Few cups of coffee later they decided it was time to let us on our way. This was the beginning of floods of tears from some of the family members. Emotions were exceptionally high which some of us didn’t fully expect. They waved us to the gate. This symbolised the end of a chapter of all our lives but the beginning of another.
The journey to Dublin provided many discussions about the adventure as well as the sad goodbyes. One last goodbye was left for Mum (Breda Daly). Pressure was on here when we departed in Dublin Airport. The fathers tended to get more emotional than the mothers. Mum held out the tears. That was it we were now 4 Adults out on our own.
Dublin to London flight went perfect no problems.
Next up was the long haul flight from Heathrow to Rio de Janeiro. The plane journey started well. The plane was massive. We got our seats. Mike got stuck between two Brazilians but it’s a lesson that might stand to him at a later stage. Killing time seemed easy at the start. One movie in and the arrival was 8 hours 30mins away. Then the “Da Vinci code” and the plane journey was down to 6 hours. The next six hours were harder to kill. Sleeping seemed impossible. Maybe nerves were beginning to kick. Time eventually disappeared. We landed in Sao Paulo then beautiful Rio. Stay posted Conor
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