It doesn’t seem so very long since my dad picked us up and drove us to the airport, til the time when we arrived in Dublin. It’s just a few parts of the trip that seemed to stretch on forever, but getting here made it all worthwhile.
The plane from San Francisco to Heathrow was [...]
The guesthouse we are staying in is undergoing renovations, so it’s been kind of interesting to come and go and have to maneuver around ladders and people painting or wielding power tools. Apparently they just opened up rooms again on Friday, so we have the luxury of staying in freshly renovated rooms. It’s a nice [...]
This morning we ate breakfast, packed up our bags, and waved goodbye to Trim. Our first stop was to be the castle in Maynooth, but we discovered once we got there (which involved stopped in downtown Maynooth at a little coffee shop to get coffee and ask for directions) that it doesn’t actually open until [...]
We were really lucky the past three days with the weather – in fact yesterday we actually saw a bit of sun. Today, however, the rain set in, and after traipsing around town this morning for only a short while, we decided to break down and buy umbrellas. With the wind they don’t keep you [...]
I think we’re starting to get the hang of the weather around here. In the morning, before you’ve gotten through getting dressed and eating breakfast, it’s dry and sunny and you can see patches of blue sky. However, just about the time you’re ready to walk out of the door to face the day, back [...]
This morning was our last in Kilkenny. We packed and ate breakfast and I made one final trek downtown to stop by an ATM because so far both places we’ve stayed prefer cash to credit cards for payment. That was a bit of excitement in itself since I thought Richard knew where I was headed, [...]
We got up early this morning and headed downstairs for breakfast, which is served in the owner’s tiny little living room, right next to a fish tank and a fireplace. Very cozy. Then it was off to tour Waterport and see how much ground we could cover in just one day.
Our first destination was [...]
Today has been all about moldy ruins. Literally. We got up early so we could track down a phone booth and make our reservations for the next few nights (in fact, last night we sat down and mapped out a general plan for the rest of our trip), and it was already raining hard enough [...]
This morning when I went to go wash my face, I discovered that there was only a dribble of water coming out of the tap. At first I assumed that it was just that their pressure was bad, since there were likely other guests using the showers at that time, but when we mentioned it [...]
It was kind of a relief to leave Cork this morning, especially since we could do it without having to actually go through the town center again. We headed south at first, toward the coast, and just past Kinsale we found Charles Fort. It’s a star-shaped fort that was built right on the edge of [...]
