Driving my parents around Ireland...literally around!

Since I was the experienced left-hand-side-of-the-road driver, and by experienced I mean had done it one day before, I was nominated to be the driver in our little adventure around Ireland. We started out our little jam-packed tour by heading West for a few days of golf for the gents and sightseeing for the ladies. After they'd had their fill of knee-high rough, we abandoned golf for a few days, and headed North, taking in Connemara, County, Mayo, and eventually on to Northern Ireland. In Northern Ireland we visited Giants Causeway, then traveled the coastal road all the way around past Belfast then down to County Cavan where Dad & I visited the birthplace and church of our ancestors from Ireland and some cousins we have that are really not that far removed. After all that, we crashed in Dublin for a night of Temple Bar fun, then it was off to the South. Another few rounds of golf down in County Cork and then Richard & I bid adieu to the parents and let them explore County Kerry on their own. It was a fun-filled, golf-filled, virus-filled, sight-seeing-filled adventure. Over the next few days...hopefully not weeks...I will post pictures and details of the trip.

Sleepy Parents at Guinness and More

The parents arrived three weeks ago to set off on a three week tour of Ireland. There was lots of golf, lots of sights and lots of Guinness. But to kick things off on survive jet-lag day we did the Guinness Brewery, Ireland number one tourist attraction! Ireland decided to show off for them with rain nearly every day. It rained quite a bit, but that just gave mom an excuse for a new umbrella. And I bet no one can guess which color it is!




In a small break from the rain, we explored a small part of Phoenix Park, a huge city park that is even larger than Central Park.

Viva la Lance

Monaco is such a fabulous place. While we were only there for two nights, we saw Prince Albert, Princess Grace's son and current ruler of Monaco, the Tour de France and Lance Armstrong. We hadn't actually planned on seeing the Tour when we booked our trip. It was just a happy coincidence. And even though it was a roasting 90 degrees outside, it was very exciting getting to see all the hoopla surrounding the Tour de France. It was nice seeing one of Austin's celebrities up close, though he isn't one of my favorite. And later that night we hit the casinos. Nobody was the big winner, but it was fun all the same.