Moving about again

By the time JoAnna and I arrived at our hotel, we had three hours to spare until we could check into our room.

"We'll do what we can to try to get you in early," the sympathetic clerk promised.

With the 5-8 hour change for U.S. visitors, this situation is regularly encountered by hotel staff.

"In the meantime, we can offer you a complimentary coffee or tea I. The Links Lounge," she added.

A bellman escorted us there.  If nothing else, it gave us an opportunity to charge our phones. 

After a half hour of sitting after an uncomfortable night that offered us little in the way if sleep, we decided we needed to be active.  During the drive from the airport to the hotel, we spotted just the place to walk, a pedestrian path that followed the shoreline is the Irish Sea.  Not to mention the beach itself, including a long, wide stretch of sandy beach known as a Velvet Strand, which contrasted sharply with the mostly rocky and uneven terrain.

As you can see from the accompanying photos, our nearly two-hour walk provided us with a series of beautiful panoramas.  

And we enjoyed the most restful nap before dinner with our 13 travel mates for the next 10 days.

By the time JoAnna and I arrived at our hotel, we had three hours to spare until we could check into our room.

"We'll do what we can to try to get you in early," the sympathetic clerk promised.

With the 5-8 hour change for U.S. visitors, this situation is regularly encountered by hotel staff, especially with guest who book an overnight flight.

"In the meantime, we can offer you a complimentary coffee or tea in the Links Lounge," she added.

A bellman escorted us there.  If nothing else, it gave us an opportunity to charge our phones. 

After a half hour of sitting after an uncomfortable night that offered us little in the way of sleep, we decided we needed to be active.  During the drive from the airport to the hotel, we spotted just the place to walk, a pedestrian path that follows the shoreline of the Irish Sea.  Not to mention the beach itself, including a long, wide stretch of sandy beach known as the Velvet Strand, which contrasts sharply with the mostly rocky and uneven terrain.

As you can see from the accompanying photos, our nearly two-hour walk provided us with a series of beautiful panoramas.  (Photo1, a view of the Irish Sea with Lambay Island in the distance;  photo 2, Velvet Strand in distance in center/center-right distance)

And the two of us enjoyed most restful naps before dinner.