June 2, 2012 Today I am leaving Dublin, Ireland. I am writing this blog while waiting for my flight to Budapest, Hungary. Yesterday I toured Dublin after a traditional Irish breakfast, consisting of irish sausages, irish bacon, black pudding, white pudding, eggs, tomatoes, potatoes, and irish beans. Of course, I did not eat all of it, because just explaining the meal is a mouthful, but also because black pudding is made of animal blood.....eww!!! After my me...

May 30, 2012 I have now been in Ireland for 12 days! I have 3 more days left and I am definitely not looking forward to leaving, anyway, my last blog that I posted was 5 days ago in Donegal and I have done a ton of stuff since then, so I thought that you might want a "quick" summary of those past days. Late afternoon on the 25th, I left Donegal and drove to my grandfathers side of the family, who live in county Mayo. I spent two nights with them and helped th...

May 24, 2012 Today we arrived in Donegal, Ireland where we are staying at the McErlain family vacation houses...yes this family shares a lot! They all live within walkin distance of each other, they share a bakery, and they share 3 vacation homes in Donegal. Donegal is on the western coast of Ireland, so we crossed a border on our long drive here. The houses sit in the middle of a golf course and have an amazing view of the golf course and the beach! After d...