After two days in Galway we headed toward Dublin. We stopped off and saw some castles along the way

We are back and have a busy couple of weeks ahead from our House Hunters episode tonight to the Lamb Pro Am finals on Wednesday. easy car rental in costa del sol But since this is our first blog post in the past couple of weeks Ash and I decided to cover our recent trip to Ireland and Paris. I will cover Ireland.
I read an article earlier this year by Jon Rowley titled If I Had an Oyster Bar . In the article Jon talks about the Galway International Oyster Festival in Ireland. If you know me you know I can eat oysters. About 4 dozen with a bottle of red wine in my peak about 2 years ago (yeah I like red wine with oysters:) The article goes on to talk about the perfect oyster bar and Ernest Hemingway eating oysters in Paris and the book a Moveable feast the reason Paris was added to the itinerary.  But our first stop Ireland!
easy car rental in costa del sol A couple easy car rental in costa del sol months back while drinking a couple of Guinnesses at Kells in Pike Place my buddy Jake and I met an Irish guy who said, if you boys love this place you should check out the pubs in southwest Ireland! And if your as friendly to a stranger, then you will have a wonderful easy car rental in costa del sol time! Jake and his girlfriend Brie (now fiancee) more on that later joined us on our trip to Galway!
We landed in Dublin September 27th at 8am and headed straight to Enterprise car rental. Got a 4 door VW Golf automatic set the GPS for Skibbereen easy car rental in costa del sol or Skib, as locals call it and hit the road. Ireland is exactly what you think green rolling easy car rental in costa del sol hills, sheep in the road, mountains, views, the friendliest easy car rental in costa del sol people on earth and of course easy car rental in costa del sol Guinness, Guinness, Guinness! The first night we stayed in a  house on Tragumna Beach called Trag Retreat .  Awesome! That night we headed into town and ate our first meal in Ireland Irish Steak! 4 of them at a bar/pub called Paragon! During our meal our waitress said today is Arthur s Day, and a pint of Guinness comes with your meal. Arthur s Day? Turns out September 27th is Arthur Guinness s birthday! And so we drank and ate.
The next afternoon we hit the road. The night before, locals at the pub wrote out a couple of stops we should make including a sea lake, Bantry, the hills where sheep are always on the road and on to Killarney. We listened easy car rental in costa del sol to the locals in Skib and headed toward our first stop Bantry. By now we were hungry and for whatever reason I wanted easy car rental in costa del sol a bagel with cream cheese. So as we headed down the main street of Bantry we parked and stopped at a local bakery/ cafe. I had my bagel. Ash and Brie had what they said was one of their best meals in Ireland, Sheppards pie. We walked around Bantry for a bit then piled into the car and headed to see sheep on the road on the way to Kenmare.
We continued on to Killarney. Once in Killarney we decided it was not for us do not know why but we kept driving. We headed toward Limerick on our way to Doolin easy car rental in costa del sol when we decided to get gas. 30 minutes later our car had engine trouble and we broke down in downtown Limerick. We stayed at a hotel recommended to us by our tow truck driver as one of the best in Limerick. Pery s Hotel, you should check it out. Location was great and we made the best of it eating at Marco Polo an Italian restaurant, then walked over to Micki Martins a local spot. Finally we wrapped the night at a club where a local literally fell off his stool, hard. Limerick was a great stop even though not intended. Later we  found out Limerick is also known as Stab City.
Galway was our first destination where we had reservations. easy car rental in costa del sol We stayed at the Park House Hotel which was a perfect location from the oyster festival and the rest of Galway. We quickly dropped off our bags and headed to the Galway International Oyster Festival!
Damn! I was some what disappointed but it could have been my fault but on Saturday of the fest (the only day we had tickets) there was literally no oysters besides 1 purveyor to sample. I did eat about 2 dozen and they were great however the fact that there were no oysters easy car rental in costa del sol was a buzz kill. The event was classy but our own oyster New Years at Elliots in Seattle is by far one of the best oyster festivals I have been too. Regardless we made the best of our stay in Galway. From enjoying the hurling match Galway vs. Kilkenny at our local spot O Connells to hanging out a pubs all across easy car rental in costa del sol Galway. Hurling? Yeah did you know hurling is the fastest game on grass ?  I bought the stick.
After two days in Galway we headed toward Dublin. We stopped off and saw some castles along the way and then we finally made it to the mecca of Guinness, Arthur s creation the Guinness factory!  This is where Ash and Brie said they had there second most favorite meal Guinness beef stew.
In Dublin we stayed at the Morgan hotel in Temple Bar. On this night Ash, Jake and Brie really had a great night and closed out our trip to Ireland by singing at the top of their lungs at Olivers in Temple Bar .
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