Early Sunday morning I hailed a taxi instantly off Dame Street to the Dublin airport for my flight to Spain. The driver was an older Irish man and characteristically chatty like most of the others I’ve had. It took about 1/2 hours to get to the airport, which was was moderately busy. I booked my ticket with Ryanair, an “ultra low cost” Irish airline that allegedly carries more international...
Over the last couple of days I have been recovering from the road trip to County Kerry. One of the only negatives from the trip was that I developed some fairly nasty welts on my legs and arms from bug bites. Sand fleas from walks on the beaches are my primary suspects, although it could have also been some flying ants near one of the places we stopped for food. Being a ginger / redhead...
CJ and I check out of the B&B in the morning as we are heading back to Dublin today. The weather is much clearer today, so we do a quick drive to a viewpoint on Valentia Island where we can see the Skellig Islands in the distance. Along the way we pass by Telegraph Field, the terminus of the first successful transatlantic telegraph cable under the ocean that was completed in 1858 allowing...