On Memorial Day the four of us headed out for the most amazing trip!
Here we are at the airport in St. Louis getting ready to board our flight. We had a short layover in Chicago then flew overnight to Ireland!
The plan was to sleep on the flight since we would be arriving in Dublin at 7am but that didn't happen for any of us.
I took this picture to show Elle, she loved seeing the clouds.
Once we got to Ireland we hopped in our rental car and started our adventure!
One of our first stops was The Rock of Cashel.
After exploring The Rock we all felt like this...
The lack of sleep was catching up to us but we pushed through, ate lunch (tomato soup :) and continued on.
Our next stop was Blarney Castle.
So pretty!
We climbed to the top so Mary and I could have our chance to kiss the stone.
Mary went first...and she overcame her fear of heights to eventually kiss the stone! This picture does no justice to the amount of laughter that ensued.
Mary was very apprehensive to kiss the stone and the man in the red jacket was very encouraging! :)
Kissing the Blarney Stone!
After walking the castle we walked through the gardens a bit.
We drove to Ennis where we stayed for the night and walked to dinner...
then back to our hotel because everyone was so so sooooo tired!
This is the view out of our hotel room, it was 9pm and still light outside which was really messing with my super tired brain. So I talked to Eric, watched The Office and FINALLY was able to fall asleep.
The next morning we had breakfast at the hotel and then headed to The Cliffs of Moher
We saw this at the ticket office for the Cliffs and I excitedly asked if the cave was something we could go into the, the man working very slowly and sternly said,
"Ab-so-lute-ly NOT!!"
The second we walked out of the office we were a ball of giggles.
Before our boat ride to see the Cliffs we killed some time with shopping and Mama Rita's favorite beverage, an Irish coffee!
The boat ride to see the Cliffs was one of my favorite parts of the trip.
While we were out the Coast Guard radioed our boat that 2 people had fallen while hiking down a trail on the grassy side to the left of the Cliffs, so our boat stayed until the helicopter arrived.
Back on land after our boat ride.
I think Dad would move to Ireland in a heartbeat if Mom agreed to it.
After the Cliffs we were driving and spotted a beach so we decided to stop and dip our toes in the North Atlantic Ocean.
3 cheers for Dad who safely drove these roads!
We spent the night in Galway and had a fun time walking Quay street to dinner then sitting in a pub for some drinks.
These two... :)
The next morning we were up bright and early to drive back to the Dublin airport to head to London!
Look at the van we spotted on our drive. I think we should get Dad's irrigation van wrapped like this. :)
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