Now that a lot of restrictions with Covid-19 has been lifted it is time to get used to travelling again. It feels a bit strange to me to go on a plane again after everything, but it is also about time for us to get back to visiting family and friends. So, this Easter’s visit to Ireland was something I was very much looking forward to. Easter Wednesday is only a half day at work in Norway and I was able to work from home this day and that was very handy.

We had heard rumors that things might take a little longer at the Airport after opening up for more traffic, so we had a friend drive us there early. Just as we arrived and headed towards departures there was a stream of people coming towards us and we assumed that there were quite a few planes that had landed about the same time. Then we noticed the police cars, fire trucks and Ambulances. And someone told us that the whole airport had been evacuated. We waited outside and I began to make some plans in case we did not make our connecting flight in Amsterdam, while reading the news of what was happening inside at the airport.

It turned out that someone had left some chargers and other wires inside a book and at the security desk they thought it might be an IED. We were let back inside and there were very long queues to check in luggage and to go through security, but all in all it went quite smoothly. We had time for a light bite to eat before the flight and it took off on time, so we were able to get our our connecting flight without any trouble.

We arrived at Dublin Airport late at night and got to the hotel by the airport, where we were staying the night, and I fell asleep almost before my head hit the pillow. We got up the next morning, had a good breakfast and picked up our rental car. We had a little visit and some errands penciled in for the day before we started our journey to the West of Ireland to enjoy a couple of days there.

Hope you all had a good Easter break.