Interesting little experience as airport squatters, we discovered our flight from Barcelona to Dublin had a 7 hour layover. We arrived at the Dublin airport around 1:00AM and were told we needed to leave the airport because it closed for the night (or at least until 4am). Really Dublin? So, the customs official asked us if we were visiting Ireland for business or pleasure -- right! I explained we had a connecting flight and were told to leave because the airport closed and he put a lovely green stamp in our passports. He was a nice gentleman, and I supposed I looked worse than my passport photo and he took pity on me, referring us to a different terminal where there was a 24 hour McDonald's (yuk!) with benches for us to "comfortably" rest.
We shuffled our way to terminal 1 and found several people who had built up barriers around themselves with chairs and tables. We finally found a "booth" at McDonald's got settled for a "long evening nap" when the manager came over to ask us (along with everyone else) to leave because they had to clean.
Since we didn't sleep, we were able to sleep on the plane ride home which ultimately helped us to adjust back to EST.
It was an incredible experience and we are eternally grateful to have this extraordinary opportunity to see this part of the world.
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