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April 12, 2004
One week to go!
Exactly one week, from right now, I will be in Ireland.
Yay!
This trip has been in the works for awhile. It was a splurge Christmas present for my mom. We're going to be staying in the central part of the island, focusing our trip on Dublin, Tipperary and Dingle. Dublin, just because its Dublin. Tipperary because my family is from a small village called Damerville in Tipperary County and Dingle, just because so many people I've talked to have said Dingle kicks ass.
We have our first few days planned out. We arrive early in Dublin, Monday morning. We'll be picking up our rental car and heading north to Newgrange and the Hill of Tara. That night we'll be traveling to Kildare and visit St. Brighid's Well and other "religious" sites. Our first night we'll be staying at Cloncarlin House. A B&B located on a 180 acre beef farm. Yum.
The second day we'll be traveling to Tipperary and that night we're staying at Bansha Castle.
From there we travel to Dingle Peninsula. We really don't have set plans, which will make the trip more interesting. The only time we have to be anywhere specific is for our last two days which are booked at Burlington Hotel in Dublin.
Things I'm looking forward to:
1. The perfect 1/2 pint of Guinness. (1/2 pint because a full pint makes my face go numb.)
2. Trying black pudding (a.k.a. blood sausage - at least once.)
3. Music.
4. Meeting the people.
5. Just being there.
Posted by Sarah at April 12, 2004 09:29 AM