Aug 10 Back to Glasgow

We didn't want to sleep late today because we needed to be to bed early tonight, so the girls did get up on and were actually packed quite early, well before me. In order to make the weight restrictions for the flight today and tomorrow a few things had to be discarded. A few clothes, the Canadian flag towels, etc. Kevin had a scale which turned out to be very accurate, so we used it to weigh our baggage at home so we wouldn't be panicking at the airport to lose the weight or pay the freight. 

We were all ready to go early so we were just sitting around playing with the dogs. But as we approached lunch time we had to say goodbye to the dogs. We went out for lunch at a restaurant across town which Kevin was familiar with because he did the air conditioning in the place of course! It was good food but honestly too much of it. Apparently that is the American part of the place. 

After lunch we walked next door to the grocery store to buy a few bottles of goodbye presents for David, Annette, Kevin and Ann. 

We drove to the airport with plenty of time and Kevin dropped us at the arrivals. We made our way to the bag drop as Kevin had already checked us in on-line. Our baggage was spot on what Kevin's scale said, under 20 kg checked baggage and under 10 kg carry-on. We waited near the gate for our flight watching all the Aer Lingus planes coming and going to all kinds of exotic destinations. Until it was finally time for our flight, which turned out to be less than an hour from Dublin to Glasgow. 

When we arrived in Glasgow the airport was practically empty. We picked up our bags and walked out the front doors looking for the Holiday Inn Express, which we had booked while at Nanette's house while in Glasgow on Jul 31. We saw the Holiday Inn straight away but as it turns out it was not the right one. We should have gone left instead of right. We were still just a small parking lot away from the airport. 

We checked in and went up to the room and set our bags down. I relaxed and started in on the computer, but I had to pay on-line fees to get hooked up to the internet after trying several unlocked networks without success. By the time I connected Shayla had gone out to meet Sam, who was one of the Scottish Scouts from the camp. Shannon and I went out to check out what there was to eat locally for dinner and there was NOTHING. I didn't feel like taking a cab so we ended up eating pizza in the HIExpress restaurant and it was actually very good. 

We just sat and watched TV until Shayla got back. I tried to book our seats online but I guess I was actually too late so we had to take our chances the following morning, which turned out fine anyway.