Rocklands B&B Bunratty
Hill Road Bunratty, County Clare, Ireland
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Adare and Limerick
... there are usually about 100 people.
We arrived in Limerick City about 4 o'clock. It is a huge city, much more modern than Dublin and teeming with traffic and people. Our high rise hotel is situated along the Shannon River. To add to our excitement, there is a Rugby grudge match this evening between Munster and Leinster....and the players are staying at our hotel! The pub/bar is FULL of fans in competing ...
Rag Week and Convention Madness
... and the suburbs are lovelier. They are easily connected with the city center by the DART, the electric train line that whisks you from home to work in a matter of minutes. We meandered around cute neighborhoods and seaside promenades. We saw the “Best Bar in the World,” voted by Lonely Planet, which was closed and had a stunning view of another building. Why it is the best bar, I shall never know. We saw Van Morrisson’s house and ...
Stats You Could Never Live Without
... I hope it’s accurate!). That’s a lot of beer. According to this list, Germany comes second at 119 liters, Austria is third at 106 liters, and the US is at a measly number eight at 85 liters. Can you believe that the Irish drink almost twice as much beer as Americans? Now that I’ve been living here, I can.
Many people smoke, here. Usually if I am out with a group of 4 or 5 people, chances are that at least one of ...
Passing through-literally.
... Not impressed. Plus, the A/C didn't work good. The nights were cool and we needed a bit of heat and the bed had but one thin blanket on it (while the other hotels had like 2 thick comforters).
We didn't bother visiting Bunratty Castle and Folk Park because it doesn't take a genius to see THAT overpriced tourist trap. We did, however, enjoy a nice burger and our FIRST pint of Guinness (can you believe that?) at Durty Nelly's (Established around 1620) pub across the ...
Last day in Ireland: Bunratty and the vortex
... he said "Wow, you cannot get those Ferrari’s in the states" and it just went down from there. Lord – it is at times like these that reminds me of what being one of those textbook tourists is all about.
So we finished up there and went back to our room where I am typing this now around 430pm. I wanted to make sure we had enough time to repack everything and print off our boarding passes now so we had ZERO ...


