We made it into Dublin this afternoon. We spent the morning walking the streets of Waterford, visiting castles and got some coffee. Then we made the treck into downtown Dublin to our hotel for the very last leg of our trip. It has been so amazing to travel the country and see so many sights. I am thinking about how very fortunate I am today. I have an amazing family that I can never begin to explain to anyone how wonderful it is to have them. During my travels fo...

Kilkenny has been one of my favorite stops so far. This town is just perfect. Great stores, food, young people, art, nightlife, not to mention the beautiful weather that we've had. Feels about 75 or 80 with a nice cool breeze. We drove into town from Cork yesterday. When we got to city centre, we were drawn to the Kilkenny Castle. We ventured through the castle on a salef guided tour, amazed at the sizes and amount of rooms this ancient castle held. We stayed in ...

We drove into cork this morning. City is exactly like manyunk. Tons of super steep hills lots of people and cars. Great shopping, upscale nice shops and restaurants. Last nights bnb lady booked our place for us tonight, said it would be wise to have something secured since it is the weekend. There are a ton of gay irish men in this town! Something I haven't seen yet! Carrying handbags and all! Boys are still on the hunt for instruments. We are in a pretty large m...

We drove from Dingle to Killarney. Stopping in town for lunch and shopping. There is this woman's clothing store that is all over Ireland that I absolutely love. Its called Penny's. I think I've spent 100€ so far and acquired a new wardrobe, and need to pack things in the boys bags. The boys are in a music shop now, called music express off the main drag in Killarney. John has been contemplating buying a mandolin since we've arrived, and we have visited every m...

I finally got the hang of driving. We drove from Ennis to Galloway and decided to secure a bed and breakfast before we went out exploring. We found an awesome B&B right outside of town with an incredible view of open fields and a castle. We went inside to see if there were vacancies. A very elderly irish woman greeted us at the door, she had to have been 70 years old and let us know that her residence was all booked up but she would make a phone call to her f...