Posted on 06/17/2013 3:08:20 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
First Lady Michelle Obama is staying Monday evening in the $3,300-per-night Princess Grace suite of Dublin’s Five-Star Shelbourne Hotel, according to Irish press reports, adding some credence to accusations she is in the city for a quick vacation at taxpayer expense.
Michelle jetted to Dublin Monday afternoon Irish time after a brief stop in Belfast with President Obama, who is in the city for the two-day G-8 Summit.
The White House is billing Michelle’s trip to Dublin as having diplomatic significance, but her itinerary suggests otherwise. She and her daughters will visit the Trinity College library to explore President Obama’s Irish family roots, attend a performance by the world-famous Riverdance troupe, and visit the Wicklow Mountains national forest.
Judging by the tail number of her plane on the ground at Dublin Airport, it appears Air Force Two has been flown to Europe along with Air Force One and is being used to transport Michelle around.
The Shelbourne’s Princess Grace suite is so-named because it was often used by Grace and her husband Prince Ranier. Here’s a look inside:
The suite is the best the luxury hotel has to offer, featuring two beds, two bathrooms, four phones and three large televisions. The bedding is 100 percent Egyptian cotton and comes with turndown service, a Nespresso machine and butler service.
According to press reports out of Ireland, 30 rooms have been booked in the hotel to accomodate Michelle and her entourage, which would presumably include various staff and a bevy of Secret Service agents.
The city will be plagued by traffic jams during Michelle’s visit, and according to one report, high school and university students are in danger of being late for final exams and are advised to allow for plenty of extra time for travel.
After visiting Dublin, Mrs. Obama and her daughters will join President Obama in Berlin for the second leg of his European trip.
Couldn’t they squeeze-in another 4-5 chairs and 1-2 more couches, in that room?
Michelle Obama, you sure ain’t Grace Kelly. You ain’t even in the same league as Aunt Esther.
ROFL she is not same league with Aunt Esther ROFL
WELL!!!! You certainly don’t expect the Queen to stay at a Motel 6 do you????????????
If the Wookie & 0scumbag are staying in that suite, where are Malaysia and Saskatchewan spawn staying?
Belfast to Dublin is at most 1hr 30 by car now with the new motorway sections....she jetted down, what a waste of money.
She’s ENTITLED; part of the reparations, silly peon commoner.
They are low life commie thug grifters.
Yes, they think all former First Queens stated at the local Holiday Inn Express.
bet the girls each have a separate, private room also...things won't be so fancy when he is out of power and office...
I wouldn't stay in a $3,000/night hotel room if I was worth a billion dollars.I'd be *embarrassed* to engage in such frivolous excess.
Yes they will.Within 3 years of leaving office they'll be worth $50 million...within 5 years it will be $75 millions.Books,don't you know.And speeches.They'll make BillyBob's earning curve look like poverty by comparison.
All ass, no class.
They probably had to jack up the price to try and offset the loss of business after she leaves. They may never rent that room again.
“Let them eat cake.” ?
Staying at the Shelbourne where Mick Collins and Kit Kiernan stayed. Where she got the news he was killed up at Sams Cross. When I was sitting in the bar at the Shelbourne a few years back and you told me that the angry black woman married to an unrepentant communist US president would be staying there I would have cackled.
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