Day Two - In the West

We seem to have over adjusted our internal clocks somehow and both woke up about 6:00am Dublin time which is about midnight back home. We headed out on the streets of Dublin to watcih the sun rise and the city come alive. The commuters just swammed the streets by 7:30am and the noise was surpisingly loud. Niether of us were hungry but we did split a sausage McMuffin. I know, I know, we go all the way to Ireland just to eat at Micky-Ds but that's all we wanted. We headed back to the room to pack and by the time we left about 9:00am  to pick up the rental car, the streets were back to being quiet.

Our car is a tiny Hyndai with no trunk, sorry boot, but somehow foor doors.

After a few wrong turns we left Dublin and headed to the West. Our general target was Sligo which is located on the ocean. We decided that we wanted to drive the back roads for most of the trip as we have plenty of time to go the 130 miles. Larry did a fine job of staying on the left side and the sites were wonderful. Forgot to mention that the weather has been much better than were thought and we only hit some lite rain for about 30 mins of the four or five hours on the road. Stopped in a nice town called Carrick on Shannon for a pint and some soup.

The Pub

Very pretty town and we walked around for about 45 mins. We took a wide circle to the North of Sligo and drove down the coast. Stunned by the HUGE surf we saw coming in. Looked like a scene from Endless Summer. We were not surprised to find that Sligo actually has a surf community after seeing the waves.

We stopped by the B&B to drop off the bags and then hit Sligo to look around and shop.
There is  stunning view of a hill we've named Mt. Sligo. It has an Irish name but who cares

We had another pint at an authentic pub complete with colorful drunks watching the races on the tele. The B&B is an older house but the rooms are nice. The town is full of shops

Sligo town

On the down side, Larry's debit card does not work and we've sent two e-mail messages to his bank with no reply. Came hole about 6:30pm after they rolled uo the sidealks in town. Very strange, no one left but stray dogs and other 'critters' on the streets.