23 May 2011

Ireland, Day 1

We are in Ireland! I can’t believe we are actually here… It is amazing! So beautiful & green… We left our hotel this morning at about 7am & took a cab to the London airport. We checked in, ate some breakfast, & the boarded our Aer Lingus flight to Shannon. It was quick & comfortable & before we knew it we were in Ireland. We got off the plane & went through passport control… Which means… Another stamp in my passport! Hooray! I was pretty excited. After that we got our rental car (which is a Renault) & hit the road. It is a manual car & not only do you drive on the left side of the road, but the roads are really narrow. Needless to say we’ve had a couple of mishaps…

After we left the airport we drove straight to the Cliffs of Moher. It was so windy! I have never been in wind like that. It was pretty funny. Anyways, my dad didn’t want to walk up to the cliffs because of the wind so he waited in the car. He definitely missed out though because the cliffs were amazing! When I think of Ireland I think of cliffs, so it definitely felt like we were Ireland then. After the cliffs, we got back in the car & headed to our hotel. We are staying at the Bunratty Castle Hotel. Basically it is just a hotel next to a castle, but the hotel is really nice & the castle is pretty adorable. So we checked into our rooms (which by the way all have adorable old-fashioned doorbells…) & then we went walking around the local shops & went to the castle. Afterward we ate dinner at the Creamery Bar. It was pretty good & the waiter had an adorable accent. Me & Ang decided that accents tend to make people cuter…

Well we are back in our rooms now. We are thinking we’ll call it a night because everyone is way tired. Also my feet are bugging me. I have gotten two blisters on the same foot & before I left home I smashed one of my big toes while I was helping Adam garden. Anyways, tomorrow we are going to try & hit the road pretty early. Every night in Ireland we will stay at a different hotel, so we will travel every day. That way we get to see as much as possible during our trip.

So far Ireland is amazing! This trip is going by so quickly. Me & Ang meet up with UVU in less than a week! Crazy! Anyways, that is it for today. We have some internet at this hotel so hopefully we will have it at the rest of them... Farewell!

PS> I headed down to the lobby to get a better internet connection to no avail. So no pictures today! Sorry!

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