We're sitting at the Dublin departure lounge waiting for our very delayed flight, so this seems like a good time to get caught up. Once again I'm finding it odd how little they notice who comes in and out of this airport. The woman at the Air Canada check-in actually seemed so confused by our passports that she asked if we were twins! We spent four nights here and had a fantastic time. We did a lot of the big tourist things- a day wandering aimlessly, the Gui...

Not surprisingly, I really didn't want to wake up this morning, but we had a date with the Connemara, and this time we knew exactly where to find our morning caffeine fix. Our tour started with us being told that everything would be done in reverse as result of the snow and difficult driving conditions; weather luck has not been on our side so far! We drove through the Inagh Valley en route to Kylemore Abbey. The terrain was entirely different from yesterday's...

It's almost one in the morning and thanks to the jetlag, my earlier exhaustion has given way to a childlike refusal to go to sleep. And so I blog… Today we took a tour down the coast. We woke up early only to find most things closed, but where there's a will there's a way, and there is no such thing as an early morning without coffee in my world. The bus was comfortable, and the tour guide was informative. We got to the bus later than most other tourists (...

I've now been in The Republic of Ireland for exactly one day. My first impression of it is generally favourable despite the ridiculous weather, difficulty in navigating and overall apathy from workers. Sarah and I arrived in Dublin this morning after a cramped, restless, red-eye across the pond. I was amazed at the lax attitudes at the airport- no customs cards or forms to fill out, and I'm not entirely sure the official even looked up at me as he stamped my p...