Exhale...

Paddy and I have been pulling this little vacation together for two years.

We will be leaving for Ireland this Friday.  We are "winging" it.  I have purchased two travel guide book. Risk Steve's 2011 Ireland, the traveler's BIBLE and then for cross referencing I grabbed a Fodor's guide as well.

We will land in Dublin on the 23rd at 0800 and grab our car.  I will be driving on the wrong side of the road for 9 days.  Some how I don't think this will be too difficult for me.  Paddy in the better navigator, the Army has given the good doctor some very useful skills.  We purchased a GPS card of navigation in Ireland for the times we just are too tired to look at the map.

Once we have left the airport will plan to hit a Boots for necessities I'm not pack to save weight in baggage.

Then we are off.

POSSIBLY to the Book of Kells and a tour of Trinity

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PERHAPS a pint at the Guinness Brewery.

A time to sit in wonderment at New Grange.

This is just our time, so we are going to take the long way around Ireland. 

Spend the day and night in the Aran Island on bikes.

And just be Irish.

More to come....