I got in from Ireland yesterday.

They take security seriously in Ireland - the Irish, that is. The TSA and customs/immigration, not so much. Our TSA screening was ridiculous: "Take off your shoes, put them with your bags into the scanner." The operator was having a conversation with someone coming up behind him! Never mind that we were wearing heavy coats over sweatshirts covered in pockets, eh? But Irish airport security had us take all our coats and stuff off, they searched our bags, they asked us serious questions about what we did, where we went and with whom. They smiled, they were polite and even friendly, but they weren't kidding around.

At least someone's looking out for us, eh?

Well, Saturday I'll have to get up early enough to make it to the morning services. We made it home safely, and with minimal inconvenience. I lost my notebook that had half of my notes on the stuff we saw, but so it goes.