flew to dublin and did laundry! exciting stuff, pretty wrecked and slightly smelly so was good idea! next day we did the hop on hop off bus and went to Trinity College, saw book of Kells and the Long room (library) awesome. Then to the Guiness storehouse and missed the last bus back so had to walk thru the ghetto back to our motel, did the Liter...

I can't describe to you how glorious this country is. I did actually travel through 8 counties in 9 hours last Thursday as I made my way from County Cork in the far southwest, to County Donegal in the far northwest of the country. The scenery, when it is clear, is simply marvelous. I do have photos--but no way to post them as of yet. Be patient....