Day 2-Day of Rain

You would think that an entire day of rain would bother you... in syracuse new york it would, but something is different when waking up in Ireland no matter what weather you are met with!!!

(Matt's dictation)  We were awoken by the pounding knocks at our door for which was probably a second time because we asked for breakfast to be delivered by 8:30 and 9 and when we looked at our clocks it was 930!!! Much needed sleep we got!  As we begin to enjoy our breakfast we realize that over easy eggs were in fact what they say, easy to fall apart and over ....oh, and very slimy.  we're actually not sure if they were cooked.

After breakfast, a quick shower by Matt and then a three part mini series of Tracy getting ready, Tracy getting mad, and Tracy eventually being done, (again matt's version...i am typing though!), we left on our way to Clifton to go shopping.  Where we found out that Dentistry is far cheaper in the Emerald Isle at a mere 20 euros (about 17 american dollars)  Thus leaving no room for debate about how teeth in this region are as terrible as stereotypes.

Another thing we found out about with the plague of bad teeth is that there is also a plaque of people with staring problems. 

***Now matt is taking over the keyboard so this shall be ready in about two years....

After the excursion in Clifden we went on another harrowing ride across the Erin countryside and eventually reached Kylemore Abbey when at first sight was far from the picture perfect postcard paradise with cramped parking lots and a copious amount of European entry blocking smokers.  All that set aside the abbey was beautiful and after 360 payments of never gonna happen it will be ours.  ,The surprising thing is that in Ireland you never really know what is around the next bend......cars, sheep, narrow roads etc.  We have experienced all three in varying degrees.  The cars drive very fast and sometimes on our side which can make a grown man cry, laugh and pucker all within the span of one minute in time.  Sheep being the next topic are quite nice because they are what one would think of when reminiscing of Ireland, but the problem is that they are everywhere, field, hills, roads, dinner plates....everywhere.  The last topic before concluding would be the narrow roads where back home now the roads seem like  large cadillacs and here they are two-door Geo Metros again making a driver laugh, cry and pucker all at once.   Thusly concluding my literary contribution to this days blog.

This was where i was going to place matt for the evening for bad behavior

After driving on the roads here, it is quite obvious why these are here...!!!