First tasks of the day: Pick up Laura from the airport, return rental car, and send Randy off. My sister arrived ready for Irish fall in her awesome new reversible raincoat.
Even though the series ended about 10 years ago, the pub has remained the same for the most part...
Avoca is also the home of one of the oldest woolen weavers so we took time to visit that. The stuff they make is beautiful but expensive, so we stuck to looking--other than a postcard or two and a pair of socks that say Avoca for Randy.
We drove back to Dublin and I missed a turn which resulted in a downtown drive in rush hour. Awesome for a newbie to left hand driving on narrow roads! We saw lots of those brightly painted Dublin doors. Later, we went out to grab some groceries and fish and chips in Malahide, the Edge's hometown. This is the pub where his mom supposedly drinks:
After breakfast together at the airport and a trip back to the hotel where Laura & Randy napped and I caught up on emails, we made our way back to the airport where Randy's flight was leaving for home. It was a little sad to say goodbye to Randy for two weeks, but having never taken a "sister trip" with Laura, I couldn't wait to show her Ireland!
Luckily, she was up for an adventure right away. My first full day of driving in Ireland! Randy & I had just finished the series Ballykissangel which I found out was filmed about an hour outside of Dublin in the small village of Avoca, so Laura & I drove down there for a pint at Fitzgerald's pub, one of the main filming locations.
The church is the other central location in the fictional village of Ballykissangel.
Even though the series ended about 10 years ago, the pub has remained the same for the most part...
We had lunch at the pub and walked around the village a little bit in the rain. I felt kind of shy there because I was so obviously an American tourist who came to the Ballykissangel party a bit late.
Avoca is also the home of one of the oldest woolen weavers so we took time to visit that. The stuff they make is beautiful but expensive, so we stuck to looking--other than a postcard or two and a pair of socks that say Avoca for Randy.
We drove back to Dublin and I missed a turn which resulted in a downtown drive in rush hour. Awesome for a newbie to left hand driving on narrow roads! We saw lots of those brightly painted Dublin doors. Later, we went out to grab some groceries and fish and chips in Malahide, the Edge's hometown. This is the pub where his mom supposedly drinks:
Day 1 - No wrecks, Ballykissangel, woolen mills, good memories, fish & chips, and Dublin doors. Not a bad start!
Before leaving the next day, we made time to stop by Christchurch Cathedral in Dublin, a beautiful church where Handel's Messiah had its debut and several people are buried in the basement crypt, along with some pretty cool church artifacts.
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