Tomorrow: Florida and Lola. Friday: Home to Colorado and birthday skiing!!

translation: WARNING! SUBWAY DOORS WILL SLICE YOU IN HALF!

Cleanliness is next to Godliness.

Lisbon Sign*A*Rama

Fatima's new SAR in downtown Lisbon has been open for four months now.

We worked hard and Went cold calling in the city and rode the subway. The store is beautiful.

The streets in Lisbon are amazing. They were steep and narrow and there was a lot of laundry hanging from the buildings.

EXPLORING LISBON

ARCO TRIUNFAL
By the Tagus River.


The weather is flawless and the city rocks. Hilly. There is a big castle on top of the highest hill. There are many squares and centres. Palm trees are intermixed with regular trees.

MARQUES DE POMBAL

You can tell that the Portuguese were world travelers. Their monuments have Lions and Elephants and things that you can see they discovered. Fantastic.

SEE ME? I look little!!

FLYING TO LISBON, PORTUGAL

Dublin Airport on the left, AerLingus 6am(!) flight on the right. Can you see the plane in the background??

CONCHITA - INSIGHTS

Many people must die falling in tall European bathtubs.

Never stand under an old church during a rainstorm, too many things stick out that make you wetter.

When walking down the street do you stay on the left or the right?

Using your hotel key to turn on the lights is brilliant.

There’s always too much change in your pocket.

The USA needs an international PR Director. Big time.

Guinness goes down way too smoothly. Scott takes weird pictures of me after a few of them.

Portuguese coffee is small, tasty and dangerous.

You could easily stick to the Adkins Diet in Lisbon. Tasty meats and cheeses!

International news shows just how censored US TV is.

LIMERICK & CORK

COLD! We rode the train and bussed(!) all over Ireland the last two days. There are 4 Sign*A*Ramas in Ireland and one EmbroidMe. This is me in Brian's fine business.

PUB!

SHOCK!

We ended up in a pub in Dublin. Why does Guiness taste so much better here in Ireland? I was very popular! Can you tell that Franchisee Caroline loves me?

Did I mention that they saved Oliver Plunkett's head in this church behind glass? His REAL HEAD!

When we went to visit the SAR in Dragheda Ireland north of the city, I got to have a moment in a very important church in Irish history. A religious saint named OLIVER PLUNKETT defended his catholic beliefs for many years here against the English. Unfounately for Oliver, he was beheaded for his beliefs. This church is in his honor.

Be sure to always look for me in the pictures!

MY FIRST EMBROIDME

My first EMBROIDME! Dave Hammond was awesome to us. His franchise is smack downtown and we had a great day.

MY FIRST SIGN*A*RAMA

My first SIGN*A*RAMA! An important SAR for Scott. He opened this store three years ago and when we entered after al this time, the store was vibrant and succesful and we we proud. See RVP Tom O'Neal in the pic? CLONTARF DUBLIN RULES!

DUBLIN CITY

The river LIFFEY flows through Dublin. It's cold! But the city rocks!

The picture on the left is the view from our JURY's Hotel on Parnel Street. Very very nice, reasonable rates.

IRELAND HERE WE COME!

Scott and I made our first trans-continental flight on Sunday. We made it to Dublin from New York, but our luggage did not.