I woke up this morning to a beautiful Irish day. I really enjoyed the 10 hours of sleep that I had!! The weather outside was a bit rainy, but it doesn't seem to last long. I took a 3.5 mile run up towards the Gap of Dunloe but I didn't make it all the way. I saw lots of sheep and some ruins along the way. It is very different than the routes I am used to running. After cleaning up and some breakfast, we started out on our first day of exploring Ireland. ...

We arrived at Shannon Airport at 7:40 AM Ireland time (5 hours ahead of Tampa time). The 767 we flew on had a tracking screen when the movie wasn't playing, so it was neat to see where the plane was and how much longer we had until we landed. We rented a total of 4 cars for all 16 of us to drive around in (on the left side of the road). We drove from Shannon Airport to Beauford House (where we are staying just outside of Killarney), and we stopped off at Adare...

Today, I traveled to Ireland. It was a long trip and I wasn't able to sleep much on the plane. I met up with my family in Atlanta, so it was nice having someone to talk to one the longest part of the trip. We watched Eight Below while on the plane.