Ireland June 20 -21, 2013

June 20, 2013

Ring of Kerry

RAIN, RAIN, and more RAIN

Breakfast:  Cracked oats and jelly

Muckross House - lampshade made out of family’s important documents, servant bells, queen Victoria/prince Albert

Ring of Kerry - death trap

Hedges = Steve

Broken left side mirror casing

Kenmare

Lunch:  Cafe Mochaé - vegetable soup & soda bread

Private bathroom - finally

Coastal drive - would have been prettier with some sun and less fog

Picked up 2^nd car for trip to Dublin - Nisson MICRO and Edna - Irish GPS 2.0 (upstaged Barb)

SLOW, SLOW, or SLOWER (painted on the road - helped me find my way home)

Lost and Found

Dinner:  Olive oil potatoes and Irish pizza

June 21, 2013 - Summer Solstice

Dublin

SUNNY

Breakfast:  Scrambled eggs on toast

Goodbye to Margaret and Ballyteigue House of Bruree

Road trip:  Mirco - Mandy, Ali, Steph   QashQai +2 - Janette, Christi, Amanda, Julie 

Playlist on repeat - Radio station:  SPIN SW

         - Walks like Rhianna

         - Radioactive

         - Blurred Lines

         - Where Have You Been

Dublin - crazy traffic and missed turns.  I drove my own path by instinct to avoid EDNA's long route back into the 5 lanes of craziness they call an intersection!

Drury Court Hotel on Stephen Lower - #507 & #504

Traffic jam - modern day Newsies and colored doors

-Ali and Steph in Mirco - Janette, Amanda, and Julie in QashQai +2

New Grange - dated back 5200 years (500 years before Stonehenge!)

         - Birth, death, rebirth

         - Winter Solstice

Bee sting mister on the bus

Race to AVIS for 7pm return - Ali/steph win with 3 minutes to spare!

Informative cab ride home

504 - Amanda, Julie, Christi, Mandy

507 - Janette, steph, Ali

Downtown tour of Dublin - searching for dinner

Dinner:  The Hairy Lemon café - cranberry juice, veggie soup & soda bread and Bread Pudding (Claim:  best in the world)

...and it is the best Bread Pudding in the world!