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Day 1 - Dublin to Kilkenny
With a bit of Irish luck (and cooperation from an ash cloud) we made it to Ireland this morning at 7am. We didn't get much sleep on the plane, so this was going to be a long day. We collected our rental car, topped up our Irish mobile phone, and found an ATM with zero hassle! So far so good! By 8am we set out south through the Wicklow mountains for …
First day of our honeymoon
We arrived in Ireland a little after 7:30am, after a 6 hour 45 minute flight from Chicago. Neither of us slept more than 3 hours of the trip, but after picking up some coffee (two stops) and the rental car we were ready to go. We took the GPS which was a life saver. Tim was the lucky one to drive out of Dublin and make our 1.5 hour journey to …
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Medieval Kilkenny
Today we headed out of Dublin to Kilkenny. Our drive was scenic--as Irish as you might imagine--green rolling hills, cows and calves, sheep and their lambs, and horses. Pastures are separated by short and tall hedgerows as they have apparently been for thousands of years.
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Rolling with the Punches
... turned into 1pm before we were patched up and on our way.
On the bright side, Kelsey and I did get to do a bit of shopping while we waited for Mom and Dad to go to the mechanic. Kelsey picked up a pair of shoes that she had her eye on, and I picked up a pair of shoes because it's generally what I do when I walk into a shoe store. Obviously, the universe would not have flattened our tire unless I ...

