We leave Thursday morning!  Ireland here we come!

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We leave today. Me, my Mom, a couple Aunts and Uncles, all on a romp to Ireland. We’re meeting up at Mom and Dad’s and Dad and my Sister are driving us up to Rochester Airport. (more…)

I’m posting from Newark Airport now. We have a few more hours before the next flight takes off. So I’ll post some pics I took so far.

More soon

Here we are, in Killarney. We pulled into the Mystical Rose at noon local time.The flight was uneventful considering we sat for almost two hours waiting to take off. Somewhere along the way the pilot made up half that so we were only an hour late into Shannon

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Driving is a real experiance! I drove tonight and my Irish teacher was patient. Only a few times did he tell me to move over to my side a bit. Turning onto another street in an intersection was a bit nerve wracking the first few times. No left on red, cross hatches on the city streets at intersections when you are not allowed to stop (and block the intersection). A yellow flasshing light in the red, yellow, green light cycle to allow folks to cross the street or allow cars to go through if no one is there. Some of the rules of the road here are very different from home, some are very simillar. I’ll get it eventually. (more…)

We had a huge breakfast at the Mystical Rose Cereal, Juice, coffee, eggs, bacon and sausage. The bacon is a lot like what we call Canadian bacon. The sausages have a lighter texture than the sausages we have here in the states. And the coffee is served just the way I like it, nice and strong. (more…)

We went over to Mucross Castle to see a real Irish castle. and then over to Innisfallen to see the Monistary. More Later

Today started out kinda slow. My Aunts and Uncles went out to do some exploring and shopping. Mom and I hung around the apartments. I did some laundry, the machines are very different with different settings. I finally got it figured out when one of my Aunts showed up to tell us they were all hanging out at O’Meara’s so we headed over to have some lunch and decide what to do in the afternoon. (more…)

Today we headed out for the Gap of Dunloe. The office for the tour we took is just down around the corner from our apartments on High St. in front of O’Conner’s Traditional Pub. (more…)