Off and Running

Dinner with Oliver was a joy. We had a very nice meal in a very posh restaurant. The food was fantastic. After dinner we went to a very Irish pub and enjoyed our first Guinness beers. Speaking of Guinness, yesterday we went to the Guinness storehouse. That got our day off to a great start. We had beers at... noon. Then we met our group at the hotel for a short drive through Dublin. When we left our group we visited Trinity College for a view of The Book of Kells. We then ventured out walking around the downtown area. It's very cold here at the moment and a bit rainy so we were forced to warm up in a pub with some of our new favorite drink, Irish Coffee. We met some friendly gents, who work as postmasters here in Ireland. It just so happens that one of the men were from Sligo which is where we are headed tomorrow. They gave us many helpful and great suggestions for things to do. We then went on to find a great little fish and chips shop. At that point it was about 9:30pm and the sun was still up..... so we couldn't go to sleep just yet. Instead we found another local pub with some very traditional Irish music and some very traditional Irish men...... After several more Guinness beers and some very interesting conversations.... we walked back to the room around 2:00 am. (The sun had finally gone down.) We had some shut eye and are back going strong today. We jumped on the bus and headed to Sligo. It was a very beautiful drive to this North West location. We visited the Hill of Tara, the ruins of several castles, the Abbey Bouyle , and a statue of the "Hunk made of Junk" . We stopped for lunch at Carrick on Shannon. We had some very fabulous sausage rolls and while eating we strolled around the town. Once we arrived in Sligo Lynda and I decided it was time to pamper ourselves. Our postmaster friends told us about a very unique spa treatment in Strandhill, a town 5 miles from our hotel. We bathed in seaweed and hot seawater. Our skin is now as soft, smooth, and as shiny as a baby's butt. After our baths we took a walk down the coast and took some very beautiful pictures and watched the surfers. We then came back to our hotel for dinner with our tour mates. Lynda and I are off the sauce today and tonight, so we are turning in early. BUT, never fear for we will be on it again tomorrow in a mean way! We miss you all and wish you were here, but your not, so we will drink your part. We would love to hear from you so just click on post... and type us a message. Or you can e-mail Tiff at thill5287@hotmail.com .