Heading to Ireland!

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Here we go!
$97 for the passport....
$518.40 for the flight....
Thats $615.40 I've spent out of my $10,000 budget.
I have $9,384.60 left!
$4,692.30 is half of that ammount; I'm putting that onto a Visa Travel credit card-- a name that is accepted almost everywhere in Ireland.
I'm also converting $2,346.15 into euros, and leaving the rest in dollars... just in case.

After it was all said and done, the total amount that I converted was
5,331.75517 euros.

Google has a money converter! It's very handy!

I still have $2,346.15 that i haven't converted.

I've decided to bring a carry-on and check one piece of luggage.

One very large piece of luggage.

I'll keep a change of clothes and a tooth brush in my carry-on along with all my information and other important documents... and my iPod of course!

My luggage will have clothes, cosmetic things (brushes, makeup, hairties), shoes, phone charger, alarm clock, a book or two... etc.
I'm also packing another bag in the big bag to put my souvineirs in!
Smart, eh?

It took me a while to realize that "Ireland" was not a city available to land in. Doih! Silly me! I instead chose Dublin as my destination of choice.

AMERICAN AIRLINES Chicago
07:15 PM DUB Dublin
08:35 AM

AMERICAN AIRLINES Dublin
10:25 AM Shannon
11:10 AM

AMERICAN AIRLINES Shannon
12:55 PM Chicago
03:10 PM


Fare Summary
Average Fare Per Person - $443.00

1 Adult Ticket
443.00 USD
Taxes
75.40 USD
Total Price
518.40 USD

• sigh* Thank goodness that's all figured out!

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I went to a local place to get everything filled out a few months before my trip.
The whole shebang cost me around $97!
I used this website to help me.

http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/first/first_830.html