Friday

Fun day today. Left Dublin and only needed to go back to the hotel once in order to start over on finding our way out of  the city. Learned that driving on the M6 is just like driving on I29 except for three differences:
1) You are on the left  side of the four lane highway. The outside lane is still the slow lane, so if you only want to go  100 instead of 120 stay in it!
2) The center median is just wide enough for the hedgerow. I like the hedgerow idea because it will block the headlights at night.
3) Irish drivers are generally relaxed.

We got off M6 and on to the side roads once we got about halfway across the country. The "red" roads are like driving 212 without the shoulder. The others vary from sharing a single lane, like one of the lanes in uptown Watertown, for the cars going in opposite directions at 80 kph; to ones like sharing the ally behind my house with oncoming traffic at 60 kph! When you meet a bus you hope there is an intersecting driveway! You also hope it is on one of the few straight parts of the road so you can see it coming. Did I mention the stone walls covered in vines on both sides of the roads? :) 

Now we are at the Toomullin House in Doolin. Time for a "lay down" as Chris, our host called it. Then off to one of the pub for supper and then to listen to the music that starts around 9:30pm.