The morning after is where the Garnish B&B shines. Liz and I sat down to a 3 course breakfast, and enough food to feed an army. The 5 page breakfast menu along with the continental spread of pastries, fruit, cheese, and cereals says it all. After again stuffing our faces, we took a leisurly stroll around the nearby Cork University grounds, before jumping in the car and heading for our final destination in Ireland - Dublin. We made our way to the conveniently...

Dingle, Ireland, to Cork, Ireland. Today was the biggest, most important day of the whole trip - my birhtday! And it was a day where Liz absolutely outdid herself! It was an early start to the day as the air was electric with anticipation. Liz woke me with a big birthday hug and the first surprise of the day - she had somehow in the middle of the night smuggled a present for me!! and what a present - I am now the proud owner of a Nintendo Wii (if only we had a ...

Galway, Ireland to Dingle, Ireland. After a reasonably slow day to the day, another great breakfast, and a last wander around town, we set off toward Dingle. We took the advise of our hostess and headed for a ferry that would cut around an hour out of our driving time, and bypass Limerick (a town that according to everyone we spoke to had no cultural value at all, and was well worth missing). The drive landed us in Dingle late afternoon. A small coastal town, h...

Derry, UK to Galway, Ireland. Leaving the campsites behind us for the moment, the plan was to find somewhere to stay in town when we arrived. We parked the mini in a centrally located, over-crowded carpark, where we met a lovely lady quite randomly that gave us hints and tips on what to do while in town. She and her daughter showed us into town and to a tiny street market (where we were later to sample some of the finest crepes in town!!) We found an internet ...