After spending nearly a week out of the United States, on my first ever extended trip outside of the country, I wanted to share some random thoughts on things that have surprised me about Ireland, being in Europe, and basically being outside of the comforts of home. To my better-traveled friends, some of these may…
After a full night’s rest and a hearty breakfast, we set out to take in as much as we could of Dublin before 4pm (when we tried to beat traffic out). We did this by going on one of those hop-on/hop-off tour busses that narrates each of the sights, then when you see something you’d…
We journeyed eastward to Dublin, finally arriving in the big city in the late morning. After the 2.5 hour drive we successfully navigated our way to the hotel. Driving into Dublin actually wasn’t as bad as we thought it would be, considering we drove through Galway rush hour a few days ago. If I were…
Today we journeyed west once again, this time over to the Cliffs of Moher. This had been one of the things that ranked high on our list of things we wanted to see. Heading out from East Clare, we were worried that the weather would hamper us from seeing this great wonder. It rained all…
For our third day of travel we were westward bound – all the way to Westport. Pam, Bethany’s Step-mom, had ancestors that were traced back to this area, so we wanted to explore the town. This was quite a drive, and probably will be the most time we’ll spend in the car on this trip. …