Ireland - March 24th-April 10th, 2006

My adventure to Ireland started on the 24th of March, 2006. I left work and dropped my car off at some friends house to save on the parking fees (Thanks David & Jack!). I stayed at the Sheraton Suites Orlando Airport (7550 Augusta National Dr, room 354). I needed to be at the airport early the next day, and this way I was close by and the hotel had a shuttle. I was on the 345am shuttle from the Sheraton to the airport, and ended up being about the 10th person in line at the United ticket counter. The counter opened up a little bit after 4am, and I was the first person to be checked in per a person (and not the kiosk) as I was travelling internationally and my passport needed to be seen. I checked my suitcase, and was off to the gate. I arrived at the gate at 425am. I was traveling on the day flight over to London - with a change of planes in Washington Dulles (UA1558/UA 922) leaving Orlando at 6am, getting into Heathrow at 945pm. I had never travelled on the day flight, always the overnight ones, so this was a new experience for me - I will do this again...the only bad thing is getting up so early. The flight was uneventful, but full. I had requested Low-cal meals and they were quite tasty. I had reserved a room at the Hilton there at Heathrow (connected by a walkway to Terminal 4) using my Hilton points, and was given room 395. There was a sign at the front desk reminding everyone that the time change was happening that evening, so I had to remember to change my watch 1 hour (Spring forward).