Early Days

I’m going back to Ireland next year.

That’s about all the decision I’ve made so far. I was torn between another trip to the UK and going back to Ireland, but news that Aer Lingus was going to start using the same reward miles company as British Air¹ means that I should be able to get a cheap(er) flight to Dublin than I had feared. But the new system won’t be in place until summer, so I can’t book my ticket until then, and so I don’t know the dates, and so on.

Doesn’t stop me from reading travel sites and books, though. And so I’ve made a new itinerary page, though all it has on it right now is some links I don’t want to forget. I mean, I know I’m going to want several days in Dublin, and a few days in Waterford², and a few days in Donegal³, and maybe back in Doolin for a bit, and maybe go kiss the Blarney Stone again⁴, but I don’t have anything definite sorted yet.

So, like the title says, it’s early days. But it’s starting.

1. Where I have a lot of stranded reward miles after converting some from my credit card to theirs when planning the UK trip. [↩]
2. I haven’t seen that much of the south east. [↩]
3. I haven’t seen that much of the north west. [↩]
4. Kissing it’s good for seven years. I need to recharge my gift of gab. [↩]