The 900 Mile Journey

Our trip started by landing in Dublin. After staying at Chris and Myra Darcys place in Drumcondra for the evening, the next day we headed for Galway. Highlighted in red, you'll see our travel route. I found driving to be extremely challenging. Not only do you drive on the left hand side of the road, (if that isn't bad enough) the steering wheel is on the right! God save us! It gets worse. Some of your travels, you'll experience interstate like roads which are great. Once you get off these, the nightmare begins. Country roads consists of two lanes, accommodating one car going in each way. There will be a stone wall on you left that's about two feet from the passanger door (I'm being generous here) that will follow you through your trip. You will never escape it. It owns you. To avoid hitting it or sideswiping it, my advice is to ride the center line until you see oncoming traffic. Then it gets interesting...especially if it's a tour bus or a cement truck coming at you. Remember that two foot clearance between the stone wall and the passenger side of the car that I spoke about earlier? Well, put it this way. If you do have a passenger that's crazy enough to be sitting next to you in the first place, have them open the window and stick out the finger of their choice for a complimentary nail filing free of charge. Oh..that's right! You won't have any fingernails left. You either chewed them off hours ago or they're imbedded somewhere in the car from the "white knuckel" death grip. Ask my wife Linda. She'll tell you all about it. She was sitting on the passenger side.