Cindy and I are getting very excited about our upcoming trip to Ireland. It will be our first trip overseas! And our first passport stamps will be from Ireland!
We will be meeting up with good friends of ours, who we've met several times in Chicago at Celtic Woman concerts (probably the reason we chose Ireland in the first place!)
Our first week in Ireland will be spent in Dublin at the Spencer Dock Apartments. Located in the new Convention Center area of the city near the Liffey River. From there we hope to do many day trips to places we want to see in the eastern part of Ireland. Places like Powerscourt Gardens, Slane Castle, and Newgrange are on our list. And, of course, we will take the Bus Tour (Hop On, Hop Off) of Dublin to catch all the sights and history of the city.
After the first week, we head off to Tipperary for just over a week. We have a cottage ready for us in the little town of Upperchurch. Again, we hope to catch a lot of the local scenery and life of the Irish from there. We will also make day trips, hopefully to places like Galway, the Dingle Peninsula, and Waterford. All of our trips are very much a day-to-day decision!
So, check back here as we try to update this blog during our trip. Don't look for too much more until August 22nd. That's the day we leave from Rochester, go to Boston, and then arrive in Dublin on the morning of the 23rd.
That's all for now.
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