Sunday 11 October 2009

First Impressions

First impressions might be a little surprising for those of us who do not normally join motorcades for senior world leaders.

There is an awful lot of waiting around, looking at watches and in this case looking at US Secret Service officers checking, checking and checking. So for a while I am a political tourist watching others do their work.

Watching some people working to try and satisfy the media demands from local, national and international press.

There are moments of excitement when the motorcade starts coming together, specific jobs are handed out and things start moving.

Recommendations so far are- get sleep before the big day, wear comfortable shoes, bring some sweets and a flask of coffee (just in case our friends at the PSNI forgets the coffee!!! which is fine honestly...no, no absolutely fine.)

Anyway hope to have some more things to say in a while.

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