Going Home

From Clifden, we drove back the way we came to Bunratty, which is where we had started our adventure in Ireland. We didn't see much this day that we hadn't seen all the other days, and by this point in our trip we were ready to go home. it was only a couple of hour drive, so we spent most of the day shopping for gifts for fathers' day, my sister's birthday and for our moms (because it's what you do). We got lost in Shannon looking for a town center (all we found was the saddest little mall you've ever seen), and we opted not to pay $45 for a medieval banquet. Just a quiet night.We stayed in a B&B about 1/2 hour from the Shannon Airport and that was just about that. We flew out of Shannon to Boston the next day. This, sadly, is the final Guinness I had in Ireland.

one funny story from the B&B. About 9:30 at night, i had beaten Final Fantasy I on my GBA and was falling asleep. Kim was reading and all of hte sudden i was awoken by the strangest sound. it took me a minute to realize what it was but it was the sounds of some other couple engaged in the things married couples do. and it was coming from the other end of house! this went on for quite a while, and i finally fell back to sleep. the next morning, as we were eating breakfast, all of these older couples kept coming down the stairs looking at kim and I as if we were the people keeping them up all night, when in fact it had been another couple who had left earlier than us. it was quite amusing.