Friday:
Dan came over from Brockport to see me on the 12th for ten days. He wasn't able to call me so I inadvertantly left him at the Waterford bus station for a couple hours until the tourist office called me with Dan on the line. I went down to pick him up.

Saturday:
We tried to rent a car but the cars from Enterprise was out of cars. We hung out and I showed Dan some of the pubs.

Sunday:
We got up and rented a car from Budget at the Waterford airport. We only insured Dan to drive since it was cheaper but once we got to Tramore we switched and I've been driving since. We first drove to Killarney but made such great time we went on to Glenbeigh where we found a bed and breakfast on the beach. We drove down a small residential road toward the closest beach. It was a rock beach with sand dunes in the distance. We walked around here a while before we decided to go to the actual beach. We parked at the actual beach and got out. It was gorgeous with the long curved beach and the mountains on either side. We walked the beach and climbed the massive sand dunes. The dunes were covered in some kind of grass and were real hard to climb up. Once up there the sun was setting and everything was absolutely amazing. It looked like a watercolor painting. We kicked it on the dunes a little longer then walked past the large animal carcass that had decayed on the beach and on to the car. We drove back to the B&B where we stayed until morning.

Monday:
In the morning we went downstairs and an old man made us our Irish breakfasts. It was a charactered B&B but the food could have been less greasy. We kept on the Ring of Kerry stopping every so often for the view. We finished the Ring of Kerry and went on to the Dingle peninsula. In Dingle we stopped at a couple wool stores and I got a wool jacket and a blanket. We stopped for some lunch and ice cream and we made a game plan for the rest of the day. We drove to Ennis where we looked around for places to stay. We found a B&B that looked open so we rang the doorbell. Got it.

Tuesday:
The breakfast in the morning was real good and was cooked by a middle aged woman who was quite chatty. We drove through Ennis and on to the Cliffs of Moher. It was crazy windy and cold so we took some pictures and walked the fence but left soon after. It was cloudy all day so we had to work with that as well. We drove through Doolin and kinda figured things out as we went. We eventually decided to go to Connemara. Once there I took a nap in the car on a pier overlooking the choppy waves crashing against the rocks. I woke and we drove back towards Galway (which is much smalled than I imagined) and shopped around for B&Bs. We went to our first choice and she told us a restaurant that was "cheap and good." We went. I had the vegetable soup and the shepherd's pie. The pie smelled almost exactly like shit. It was real hard to eat just because of the smell. We pushed the plates to the center and mashed it up so the stank could escape. After dinner we went back to the B&B for the night.

Wednesday (St. Patrick's Day):
Breakfast was good stuff. We went downtown to see the Galway parade. The theme was "Over the Moon" so the floats were kinda strange. There were stormtroopers from Star Wars and plenty of aliens. After the parade we walked around a bit. We had dinner at a chinese restaurant and took a nap before the evening festivities. We went to the pubs aaaand had fun.

Thursday:
Breakfast. Drove back to Waterford in the rain.

Friday:
Drove out to Woodstown, Dunmore East, and Tramore all to see the beaches. Dunmore East is my fav.

Saturday:
Dropped off the rental car.

Sunday:
Hung out.

Monday the 22nd:
Dan and I left at 6am to catch his bus at 6:30am. I'm great in the mornings and didn't realize until I was out in the rain that I had my slippers on; I was too far into the trip to turn back. Got back to bed by 6:45am and overslept until 9:30 when I had a meeting at 10am. Stayed at work until 9:30pm. Long day.