Yes, that is what the t-shirt reads that our 2-year-old niece Ari is sporting -- guess which loving and age appropriate uncle gave her that! 

We are quite excited to finally have met up in Dublin with Jason's brother, Scott, our sister-in-law, Amanda and our niece.  They did a house exchange with a family who live in Cork, and flew up yesterday for a couple days to spend time in this happening town.  At the end of the week we'll make our way down south to stay with them and explore that part of the country.

From what we've seen so far, we really like it here.  How can you go wrong in a city that has 5 Irish pubs on every block?!?!  The pervasiveness of Irish Pubs here are like the equivalent of how common cafés are in Paris.  The Irish sure like to drink and smoke -- at our arrival to the airport in Dublin, the entire place literally smelled like a bar.  Then when we walked outside, each person instantly lit up a cigarette as if they were having nicotine withdrawal from the flight they just arrived in on.  Jason joked what look to be 60 year olds, are probably more like 35 year olds, but just looked terrible from all the smoking and drinking.

I always thought Dublin was this huge city, but in actuality you can walk from one end of the city center to the next in about 25 minutes.  Compared to the enormity and somewhat overwhelming feeling of Paris, Dublin is much more manageable in size.  The infamous Grafton Streets and Temple Bar areas have been fun to explore!

Last night we had an amazing meal with Scott and Amanda in a beautiful restaurant called Peploe’s close to Grafton Street.  We’re so happy that menus are again in English, and we can actually understand what we’re ordering.  We still have a lot more to discover in this town, and are excited we have 4 more days here to explore!