Last night, John and I went to the airport to pick up J's sister's in-laws. She couldn't do it because she got to go home to see her boyfriend's master's degree graduation ceremony. The "in-laws" were staying with her for a day or two and then traveling in different parts of Ireland.
The plane arrived a little before 10:00 PM. They got their baggage and out of customs a little past 10:30. Since they had rented a car for the whole time that they were in in Ireland, we made our way to the rental place and got the car. That is when the fun began. The "father-in-law" was driving and hadn't asked for an automatic transmission. He had very limited experience with a manual transmission. Anyway, we got out of the airport and were on our way with minimal stress. We just had to give the occasional reminders to stay on the correct side of the road, that the stop lights were for them, to stay on the road, etc. Since we don't drive ourselves, we figured out a route that seemed reasonable.
However, we forgot about the Bon Jovi concert in Croake Park. Oops. That was traffic diversion one. We managed to find our way after the diversion and kept heading into city centre. Then we got diversion number two. This diversion meant that we couldn't take the way John planned to get to Rathgar once in city centre. Instead, we went a round about way and got stuck going around St. Stephan's Green. Since we don't drive, we didn't realize that there are lots of places that you aren't allowed to make turns. Oops.
About midnight, we finally got to J's apartment in Rathgar. The "father-in-law" had only almost hit a bus, pissed off a cop, and almost hit a couple other people in the process. We then took a taxi home.
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