Visiting Ireland

IrishGuy

So, how did the trip go? Did you get to see all the stuff we mentioned and how did you find driving on the left?

Fifi_Ireland

yeah how did it go? although maybe you arent back yet

dasvidana

Just got back yesterday and had a ball. We were in Galway when the Volvo Ocean Races were finishing and the place was crazy. According to the news, an additional 800,000 people were there for the races. The place was a madhouse. My kids loved the aquarium in Salt Hill too. Went to Bunratty Folk Park and did the touristy castle tours (Bunratty, King John's, Blarney, Clontarif). Kids loved the Dublin Zoo and the two-story buses (we don't have those in the US). Was in Phoenix Park the day after the Snoop Dog concert and the place was trashed. Best part was visiting family that I hadn't seen in over 40 years.

So, the driving was awful. I took out several curbs, but no people. I got really skilled at yelling "feck off" out the window when people would honk at me

My only complaint about the trip was that I could find no Pearl Jam on the radio there....and I searched the whole time I was driving. I went two weeks with no PJ and thought I'd have withdrawl seizures.

Can't wait to go back.

Fifi_Ireland

Man if i'd known you were in dublin i could have given you a whole other list
Glad you had fun!

dasvidana

I have to say that I wish I was without kids for Dublin. We went into the National Museum and could have stayed in there all day but the kids were bored. We ended up in Dublinia which they liked more since it's more interactive. Next time, I will leave the kids with my cousins and just go with my husband so we can enjoy the museums more.

By the way, I was surprised to find cigarette vending machines. Those were outlawed years ago in the US. I was stunned that Ireland still allows them.