Day 9 Leaving Salthill this morning. Heading off to County Cork, to see if we can dig up some of Denis' heritage. Not literally of course. Well so much for that plan, we found the address of one of Denis' cousins on the Griffin side so we set off to find him..........3 hours later after lots of story sharing and photo taking we set off to Cork. Thank goodness for Gloria. Arrived at the B&B and then hit the streets of Cork. We sampled some Guiness and had ...

Day 8 Goodbye to Dublin. Off we go in our trusty Astra. Four Buckley's exploring Ireland. Galway Bay bound, we stopped at a tiny little town named "Ballinasloe" for a coffee and a few little supplies. This is the town where our one and only Bridget and her " The Jameson apartments are good, if only for their laundry facilities. Definitely in need of a laundry, but, excuse me, why does one load of washing take so bloody long. "Sorry, not sorry."Oh well we are i...

Day 7 It's my birthday!!!! Denis went off to his air-conditioning conference, while us girls headed off to catch the "on - off bus. John was an extremely entertaining bus driver, however, we did jump ship at the "Temple Bar", and found the best cafe, that made the best soy latte, and had the best window cleaner!! Denis met us on the corner of O'Connells and Abbey and we had an early tea at the O'Connells pub. Then home to down that beautiful bottle of Moët.

Day 6 Bags packed once again and off to the Emerald Isle we go. Another slight change in time, so our flight only took 15 minutes? Dublin is very cold, but we set off in our trusty rental car (manual

Day 5 A big day on the double decker bus today. Even the sun was shining for us which is a big bonus. We did not realise that Paris was sooo big. Fantastic view from where we were sitting. The highlight for me today was going to the Louvre, and seeing the Mona Lisa. You had to push your way through the crowd to get to her but it was worth it. Our last night in Paris. We celebrated with a bottle of Moët and some pizza. Another great recommendation from Jeanne.