From MARK
Ireland is wonderful. If you take the Hawaiian islands, bring them together as one, enlarge the island a bit, add a Seattle-like climate, imagine larger green fields (with sheep), and give the people cheery accents and paler skin you'd have Ireland. Oh, don't forget to drive on the LEFT too! Yes, we are fans of Ireland and all that it has to offer.
Our flight from Paris to Dublin on Wednesday, July 2 was smooth and forgettable. After staying up most of the night before watching the Eiffel tower lights (change from blue to "rapid blinky" around 1am) and getting up at 4.30 to catch our flight, we slept quite well on the plane.
I opened the right side door of our small, black Citreon rental car, sat in the cushy seat, and mindlessly went to buckle up by reaching my right hand over my left shoulder only to grab air. Shifting with the left hand isn't that hard, and really, as long as you don't think about which side your supposed to be driving on it's really quite easy. Except for the one time I gunned it through a questionable who-had-the-right-of-way light (actually, the oncoming driver was just SITTING there) I got a little anxious on the next street and made the turn into the right lane along with some minor oncoming traffic, which was easily remedied with a fast twitch of the steering wheel.
We drove our four door around Dublin on the M-50 with ease and headed towards the Wicklow Mountains. The drive has been one of the most scenic. The lush green pastures stretch over large rolling hills and sheep are sprinkled along the grassy fields like croutons on a salad. Some of the sheep have blue and/or red spray paint markings on their backs.
Included here is a photo from the Dingle Peninsula. More to come on Ireland. Cheers!
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