by Lianna
Well sort of…
Schmap, an online destination guide, used Nick’s photo of Dublin Mountains – Sally Gap for their guide.  They went on his Flickr account and asked him if he would allow them to use it. I think it’s pretty damn cool but Nick didn’t want to bring attention to it on the blog so I’m posting this behind his back!
www.schmap.com/dublin/sights_outandabout/p=51671/i=51671_37.jpg

We arrived in Galway last night and after a cheap dinner at a pub and a few drinks listening to traditional Irish music it was early to bed for our self drive into the Irish countryside.

Our Drive started out at 9am the next morning passing through the city centre with Lianna behind the wheel and myself as the designated navigator. After a half hour or so we passed farm after farm before meeting up with the coastal road which snakes through western Ireland’s coastline. The farms began to thin out …

1. Getting to the bar
In a packed pub, getting to the bar can be an aggressive affair. The oldest bar patrons tend to congregate around the entire circumference of the bar as they want to see everything happening in their local watering hole. Shoulders and elbows must be used, and literally picking up a person and moving them to a more convenient location is an option if they are small enough. Locals will want to get into deep conversation with you once they hear your accent so venturing …

While Nick was stressing out about his bag, we had a day experiencing the Ireland Nick would know from the movies. We went off with Uncle Tom being our tour guide and saw some truly beautiful landscapes. We left Bray to drive over the Wicklow Mountains stopping at Glendlough,Sally’s Gap, Powerscourt waterfall, and stopping for an amazing lunch in a small town. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Lianna and I were set to board our flight to Ireland on Air Transat and after a year or so of planning we were ready to jump right into our 8 months of travel. Unfortunately, our trip would be delayed 2 hours as Air Transat was ridiculously late. But if this was our only frustration, it would be fine. I was wrong. To follow was the most uncomfortable noisy and intolerable flight I have ever experienced.

Towards the end of the flight Lianna began to feel nauseated and had to make …