KerBear's PhotoBlog

Harley

2009-12-16T09:10:05Z

More Dublin pictures to come soon (our laptop cable at home is shot, but once it's fixed I have a ton of catching up to do before my subscription runs out!) Anywho - the news around here is... Brett and I adopted a new puppy last night! Charlie, renamed Harley, is the newest member of our happy little family. We adopted him from a rescue agency and picked him up from his foster Mom last night. He was born on a reserve near London, Ontario in a littler of 8. They were born outside and at 6 weeks they were rescued and he's been living with his foster Mom ever since. He is now 12 weeks and 4 days old (to be exact) and doing very well. Even though he just came home last night he's adjusting well to his new home and his big sister Parker. Picture #2 was taken this morning care of Brett, who has brought him to the office. Harley can't stand to be alone so for the next little while will be accompanying Brett to work! Picture #1 was on the adoption site - he's much younger in it. Isn't he just the sweetest thing!?

November 22, 2009

2009-12-21T00:24:18Z

Sunday was more of a laid back day spent walking all over the city and using up the rest of the time we had on the hop-on-hop-off bus. We rode the bus around all morning and took in a few sites we hadn't seen yet. We also walked around Grafton Street and enjoyed a delicious "Cookie Hot Chocolate" from Butler's Chocolate Cafe (Hot Chocolate poured over Oreos... so yum!) That night after dinner Brett found a bar that was showing NFL football so we went in for some drinks and watched some of the San Diego game.

November 21, 2009

2009-12-20T23:26:38Z

Saturday was a fun filled day! Since it was pouring out first thing in the morning we decided it was the perfect day to spend seeing some of the indoor sites. We started off by visiting Dublinia (the history of medieval Dublin) and Christchurch Cathedral. We followed it up with a visit to Kilmainham Gaol Museum and the Old Jameson Distillery before heading back to the hotel and freshening up and heading back out for more drinks. A busy day but a very memorable and enjoyable one!

November 20, 2009

2009-12-20T22:10:09Z

Collection of some of my favorite photos (of the 141) we took on our first full day in Dublin. We woke up to beautiful blue skies - I don't think we could've had a better day. It was still relatively chilly but the skies were blue so we made the most of it. Visited St Patrick's Cathedral and the Guiness Storehouse. Rode the hop-on-hop off bus around to see some of the sites and spent the evening wandering around Grafton Street before having dinner at Wagamama's. It was a great second day to our trip!

November 19, 2009

2009-11-29T22:44:28Z

After quite a long journey we finally made it to our hotel early afternoon. It was slightly drizzly and overcast (exactly as we expected), but we were just happy to finally be in Ireland. After some quick showers to freshen ourselves up, we headed out of our hotel shortly after 3:30 and began exploring Dublin. We spent most of the evening wandering up and down the River Liffey, O'Connell Street, Henry Street and the Temple Bar area just trying to become familiar with the area. After being told by a local Irishman not to eat in Temple Bar because of the prices, we found a place to eat on the north side of the Liffey... unfortunately neither of us can remember what it was called but we both enjoyed our dinners! After being awake over 24 hours (I don't sleep too well on planes) we called it an early night and were back at the hotel and in bed by 8:30... at least we could make Friday a full day!

November 18, 2009

2009-11-29T21:25:35Z

We spent this morning running some last minute errands and doing last minute packing before our overnight flight. We made it to the airport with more than enough time to check in, clear security and have a quick bite and a couple of beers before boarding our overnight flight to Paris where we'll have a four hour lay over before making our way to Dublin....

November 17, 2009

2009-11-29T21:15:45Z

5am wake up call so that we could get out of the hotel and make it to the Buffalo airport in time for our 7am flight to Boston. After a really easy flight we arrived in Boston and went to breakfast with Brett's parents before doing a little shopping at the Wrentham Outlets. It was a great day to spend with his Mom and Dad. We then spent a relaxed evening at Brett's parents place. A nice return to Boston!

November 16, 2009

2009-11-29T20:56:13Z

Monday November 16th and we started our two week vacation by heading to Niagara Falls for the night. We headed out early afternoon and arrived in time to eat some lunch before checking into our hotel. We spent the remainder of the afternoon relaxing around the hotel before getting ready and heading out to dinner. We choose to spend the night there as our flight was at 7am the next day from Buffalo to Boston, and we got a really great deal on a hotel ($69 a night plus a $40 voucher for dinner). After dinner we spent some time at the casino across the street before heading back to the hotel and crashing so that could make our 5am wake up call the next morning.

November 15, 2009

2009-11-16T11:12:06Z

Sunday and the weather was mild and perfect to spend the afternoon downtown watching the annual Toronto Santa Clause Parade! It's a tradition in my family since I was a small girl, so we enjoyed doing it with my parents this year! Well, tomorrow is the big day and we're taking off to Niagara Falls for a night before moving onto Boston and then Dublin and Glasgow and back to Boston for Thanksgiving. It's going to be a crazy two weeks but we can't wait for our adventure to begin... and of course I'm looking forward to sharing photos when we're back! See you all in two weeks!

November 9, 2009

2009-11-09T19:57:21Z

So - the bathroom vanity is DONE! YES! DONE!! (and back together!) It took a while, and we ran into some issues along the way - but hey, it's done and we think it looks pretty great! :) What do you think?