I'm reporting back on my journey... a bit late! We (myself [19] and 15 yr old cousin) went in June to visit family...

Shannon was very easy to get through... I was selected for a random bag search while checking in. Customs were very hard on me asking loads of questions about how long I am going for, why, who am I staying with, do i have a job, where do i work, how much do i get paid, when did I last work, was i in college, phone numbers etc (I'm 19, so they probably thought I was going over to stay)

SNN-BOS was uneventful, Chronicles of Narnia and Catch Me If You Can was showing on the TV's. I fell asleep for 3 hours after dinner, which was very bland rice and chicken. They came around several times offering more drinks which would you expect. I still prefer CO for travelling transatlantic - mostly because of the personal in-flight entertainment system.

We waited a good half hour in BOS for our bags... then both of us were called over for another random bag search - probably because they were packed tight of our own clothes etc and sweets and food for the cousins (they miss the Irish food!) BOS was easy enough to get around, but Terminal B was very old fashioned and we ended up going to Terminal C for something to eat.

BOS-DFW was again boring, we watched Lost and Desperate Housewives on my laptop before the battery died then tried to sleep. We got a snack box on this flight - nice selection, I think we got pringles, crackers, cheese, grapes.

DFW is a lovely airport, easy to get around as ye said because of the train. Very modern and well laid out.

We had an hour wait in DFW so we got a sandwich to eat on the flight to LBB. Arrived in lubbock 10 minutes ahead of schedule but the bags took a while to come out. LBB is very small, and the luggage carousel is actually in the public part of the airport. My cousin's bag got lost along the way too... put it was delivered to the house in Clovis the next day.

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On the return journey, there were 6 of us (my Granny and 3 other cousins who came out the week after us)

LBB-DFW was delayed 45mins, we just made it on the DFW-BOS flight with 10mins to spare. My poor Granny was in a rush and basically ran from gate to gate!

DFW-BOS resulted in us having to change planes, we were out on the runway about the take off when the pilot told us we were going back to the gate because of engine problems. Better he realised there than in the sky!

BOS-SNN was really quite, none of us were near eachother so most of us slept most of the way. I forget what the meal was, musn't have been that nice. Coming down in SNN we were greeted by rain - much different than the 100degrees we were used to for the last 3 weeks!

While we were over there, we drove to Dallas for a few days. 8 hours drive!! But it was cool too see the landscapes.

I'm planning to go back again in January - CO this time!