Ireland – June 12 – Travel Day

Normally both Trudy and I get very stressed about packing for a trip. For me it is all the electronic toys that I carry; I know I am getting no sympathy. This trip I didn’t get stress at all; at least not until the last hour with a little panic.

This trip is both a business trip for me, and a vacation for both of us. I have a conference in Dublin for two days, and we are doing some sight seeing the rest of the time. One of the tings that we have done differently is NOT actually plan out one of the weeks. We have an idea that we will travel around the country in our rented car, but we don’t have a reserved place to sleep the second week.

Trinity College is the location for the conference so we are both excited about discovering some of Dublin.

For this trip, Trudy is travelling “Business Class” on Aeroplan points. I was only going “Business Class” on the way home; but when I checked in online, I was offered an upgrade to Business Class for the flight over for $749. As this is the red-eye leg, I jumped at the chance. The flight has Pod seating that allows you to fully recline flat, so I might actually get some sleep on the flight.

Last Dive Day

Another Klein Bonaire Dive

Another Snorkel in front of our unit

Snorkel in front of Bonaire Seaside Apartments

Klein Bonaire Dive

We did a two tank boat dive to Klein.

Washington Park - Bonaire

We spent the day in the park located on the north end of the island.

Dive @ Something Special -- Again

We drove to the south end of the island and looked at a few dive locations, and didn't like the entry; no easy way to get into and out of the water. We drove to the north end of the island, thinking that O'l Blue, a beach, would be an easy entry; no luck. We drove back into town and found one of my favourite locations; Something Special, and had a nice dive. Some photos from the dive below:

Windsurfing @ The Place - Bonaire

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The Video version:

Work Day :)

These are some photos from multiple days, but are all related to work projects. Last year after I came back from my Bonaire vacation, one of my Thursday men's doubles tennis players asked me if the condo felt like home; I paused for a moment and replied: "Yes, because every time I go on vacation there, I have work to do."

We just didn't have the energy to go anywhere else to dive, so we walked over to Yellow Submarine and went for our second dive on the House Reef:

Snorkel @ Yellow Submarine

New Years -- 2009

First drive North on Bonaire