The journey across went effortlessly.....not much time between flights but oh well! Met up with Eric at SFO and away we went to our first destination of Shannon, Ireland. The flight seemed very quick and we were energetic when we arrived on the Green Isle. We picked up our crossover (Irish for small SUV in which five adults will barely fit) and alowed the gentleman to talk us into renting a GPS.....a decision we were thankful for over and over again during the...

Well it's official........we've added a new family member to our trip, fortunately no ticket needed! Emily and David are expecting their first baby and it will accompany us nesteled in it's own quarters. It will be well traveled before it's even born! We are all very excited about the baby AND the trip. We have made a couple of recent changes to the itineray. After landing in Shannon we will drive an hour to Galway instead of further up to Clifdon. Emily fo...

Well, it's 30 days til lift off and we are all pretty excited. The major decisions have been made and there are just little details left to do such as purusing pub sites and potatoe choices. We are all flying together to London and then piciking up a jumper to Shannon. There we will get our cross-over which will be our charriot for the next week or so ultimately ending in Dublin. It has been amazing how many people we have met over the past few months that ei...

In an effort to renew my passport and also change my middle name to Morris I am at the SB courthouse having them dig through the archives of dust and cobwebs to retrieve this artifact called my marriage license. Dreading what I assumed would be a nightmare event I was waited on by a great guy in his early 20's who spent last year in Galway! He wrote down several suggestions of his favorite spots around Galway some of which are new to me. I think I am beginning ...

Part one: we are getting to the almost final stage of reservations of places to stay and then we will move on to areas we think we may want to spend time. With five adults all leading somewhat separate lives it has been a challenge to coordinate and share the planning. This particular entry is a trial run to see how this app works before knowing that it will be useful on our trip.