The End

 We traveled to Skerries which was really close to the airport for our flight home the next day. We ate at a tapas restaurant called The Brick. I got a pepper steak that was so good. Some went to the beach, I just relaxed. After we got out last 99. 

Our Airbnb was right on the beach. The views in Ireland can not be beat. 

When the tide went down, some of the boats were in a spot where they could not be moved. It's crazy how much the time of day effects the water levels. 

Around the town there were bronze 99s. 

For dinner we went to a pizza place. They could not seat 13 of us, so we went next door to a bar and ordered there. The bar tender had Rhett help him give us cups, and since he helped him, he made Rhett a drink on the house. Rhett thought it was the coolest thing. 

One thing my body did not like to do was sleep in. I woke up about 6 am (about midnight in Idaho). The next day Paul got some pastries for breakfast, again, Ireland make some good pastries. 

We drove to the airport and started our long day of flights back. Two of our flights were delayed a little, but it worked out. By Portland I was over traveling fully, but still had a couple hour layover and hour flight home. 

All of us ready to go home after dropping off our cars. 

Going home selfie.

Our flight got home at midnight and we got home and to bed about 1 am. Hopefully this is the last time for a bit that I'm awake for 25 hours straight. Even with that, this trip was fully worth it. I still can't believe it happened. All we saw and did was perfect. I am so glad I was able to have my mom there to show us around and tell us about her life. I hope some day to take my kids to show them Grandmas house and area she lived. 

Obviously a different country will have things different than here. Other than the soda, a few other things were interesting to me. Gas was done by liters, which adds up fast when filling up a car. The price was also done in cents. Most stations would also only let you get 50 Euros at a time. There was a slow and fast lane, but it was switched. The right was the fast lane and left was slow. On roads where they didn't have two lanes there was a half lane to the left. Sometimes slower traffic would pull into that and allow others to pass. We ran into a few places where most to all of the company took a 1-2 week holiday. Pizza and Kebab was all over the place and almost always together. We still don't know why that combo was put together. Ice really isn't a thing. We got it sometimes at places, but it was very little. I do love my ice water. The water bottles said to drink within 3 days of opening, I thought that was weird. 

But every bottle with a cap made it so the cap didn't fall off. This is one thing we need here. 

Some weird signs around Ireland. They are called humps, not bumps, which made all of us laugh. 

Dog fouling is so much better than poop. 

I'm not sure when the next big trip will happen, but I do need a bit to recoup. I can't say enough how much I loved this and how worth it the whole thing was. A literal dream come true.