Anniversary trip to Ireland

On December 6, 2010, Barb and Allen boarded a plane to start the trip of a lifetime.
To celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary, we took a 2 week vacation to Ireland.
We started without a specific agenda - just a general idea of some of the things that
we wanted to see and do.

It took most of a day to get to Dublin, and we spent 2 days there sightseeing. On the 3rd day
we rented a car, and spent the next 5 days driving and seeing the sights in central and
Southern Ireland. We returned to Dublin for 3 days before returning home via an overnight stop
in New York City.



Jump to each day's pictures and update:

December 6, 2010
December 7, 2010
December 8, 2010
December 9, 2010
December 10, 2010
December 11, 2010
December 12, 2010
December 13, 2010
December 14, 2010
December 15, 2010

Where we stayed:.

December 6, 2010
Air France Flight from Seattle to Paris
We were really impressesed with Air France. The food was very good, the seats were fairly comfortable. In the end, though, 10 hours in Coach is still 10 hours in Coach.
December 7, 2010
Holiday Inn Dublin City Centre, Dublin, Ireland
A nice older hotel just a few blocks from Trinity College and the River Liffey
December 8, 2010
Holiday Inn Dublin City Centre, Dublin, Ireland
A nice older hotel just a few blocks from Trinity College and the River Liffey
December 9, 2010
Kearney Castle, Cashel, Ireland
A restored Tower House "castle" right in downtown Cashel.
December 10, 2010
Holiday Inn, Killarney, Ireland
Killarney is a beautiful little town - a great home base for exploring the Southern part of the country
December 11, 2010
Holiday Inn, Killarney, Ireland
Nice little hotel, but the Internet access sucked!
December 12, 2010
Maldron Hotel, Oranmore, Ireland (Galway suburbs)
Didn't end up seeing a lot of Galway, but at least we had Internet for a night.
December 13, 2010
Holiday Inn Express Airport, Dublin, Ireland
Pretty standard Holiday Inn, slightly out of town, but at least parking was easy.
December 14, 2010
Holiday Inn Express Airport, Dublin, Ireland
Spent a couple of (relatively) relaxing days seeing the rest of our Dublin wish list
December 15, 2010
Holiday Inn Express Airport, Dublin, Ireland
Off to the airport for the long trip home.
December 16, 2010
Holiday Inn Express, Jamaica, New York
Got to NY in the late afternoon, took a whirlwind tour of Manhattan, and spent our last night a few blocks from the airport