Allison + 1

This past weekend we went to Bunratty Castle to celebrate Thanksgiving IN A CAR. We drove successfully across the country and back without any nicks or dents or any lost rearview mirrors! Pretty proud moment for us given all of the horror stories we have heard from other fellow travelers met along the way. Bunratty Castle was  everything we had hoped for. We were greeted with a glass of "Honeymoon" mead at the door and entertained throughout the night. It was lovely to learn more of the Irish history through this folk park as well as how in America we have adopted different customs as our own. The next day we woke up and headed straight to the Cliffs of Mohr and successfully got our  almost over the edge picture without being blown away by a gust of wind. After this we had a beautiful panoramic view of the cliffs while eating lunch and later tried relying on our irish GPS to take us to the Burren at dusk. Sure, we may have been there but it was quite hard to tell in the evening hours as well as because our GPS kept rerouting about every 30 seconds. It was quite an experience and we truly enjoyed the view, as well as being independent with our travels. It felt good to get behind a wheel from what had been a 2 month hiatus.   I also had the chance to get Ray at a Bodhran lesson! And we also luckily inherited a mass amount of Irish music from my friend Martin. By the way, I am still taking violin lessons here and am completely loving every minute of it!