We arrived about 9am on Wednesday, 15 September about an hour before we were supposed to arrive. Not that we minded getting off the plane sooner – a 757 is not the plane for a transatlantic flight, let me tell you. I don’t think any of us were comfortable on the plane at all.
As per usual, our car wasn’t ready nor was it available so we got a “free” upgrade from a Ford Galaxy to a Range Rover after waiting for about a half hour for them to fix the puncture (aka flat tire to Americans).
this picture is a combination of something like 12 hours in airports and planes (BWI to JFK to SNN) and Mom’s annoying habit of saying she’s going to take a picture but then just taking it before her subjects are actually ready. Awesome, right? I’m not even sure why I’m sharing it with the internet but I feel like it.
We finally got on our way though it took a bit to figure out how to get everything in the behemoth (Range Rovers really are large vehicles) and stopped in Adare Co. Limerick for lunch.
My lunch: 
Tomato basil soup that oddly tasted a lot like thin pasta sauce. I didn’t care – I was so hungry for real food.
But really Adare is known for its old school thatched roofed cottages.
This church holds a special place from our very first trip to Ireland in ‘93 because it was how we figured out that the Irish get married any ole day of the week when we came across a wedding on a Tuesday. 
Sadly it’s under restoration.
A few shots outside the church:
Including some of Mom’s annoying guerilla picture taking.
After brief exploration, we continued south along the coast past Tralee Co. Kerry to find our bed for the night, The Shores. 
Lovely place with a lovelier view at one edge of the Dingle Peninsula which was our plan for our first full day. For now we just crashed for a bit, got cleaned up and headed back to town (Tralee) for some dinner.
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