Our last Ireland Trip in July of 2008 took us 1000 miles and 10 days from Dublin, north to Belfast and the Giant’s Causeway. We then traveled to Londonderry and around to Rossnowlagh. We traveled through Galway, down to Killarney, across to Kilkinney, and back to Malahide. We then caught a flight to London for 5 days. Photos shown to your right are from that trip, which included myself, my parents, and my older daughter. The four of us had a delightful trip with our chauffeur/guide, Tom Costello.
We’ve begun our plans with our European vacation planners, John and Michele Hammond of Hammond Tours. The process is probably tedious for John and Michele, but we go through several revisions until I have exactly what I want. Their job is to make it happen and they did it beautifully for our last trip! Never a complaint from them when I wanted to change hotels along the way, or when I asked a question on customs in Ireland regarding tipping, or something else that may seem dumb, but could affect our trip. We don’t want to be the “Ugly Americans” trampling over customs and doing things that are frowned upon in foreign countries.
The last few years we’ve traveled in July, so that my son-in-law and daughters can travel with us. Ryan is employed in the Music Department at University of Houston, Sarah owns Sew Crafty Houston, and Devon is doing graduate work towards her Master’s in History at University of St. Thomas.
This summer, in addition to my parents (AKA “The Old Folks”) and the three youngsters, we will be joined by Devon’s friend, Mina, and my friend, Debbie. Both of them, and Devon and Ryan, have never been to Ireland. We will also meet up with Devon’s friend from Limerick, who’s name is unknown to me…other than that Devon calls her “Potato Nugget”.
