Enjoyed a good breakfast at Harrington Hall in Dublin before heading back to the airport to pick up our rental car.

Emma’s pancakes

Full Irish Breakfast: egg, sausage, bacon, black & white pudding, tomato, mushrooms

poached egg, tomato, hashbrown

We were pleasantly surprised that the rental car was a new Nissan small SUV since we were expecing a compact.  Driving out of Dublin on the M50 went fairly smooth except for killing the engine once and going up on the curb and almost pulling out in front of a car.  The challenge was driving a manual car with everything opposite – driving on the left side of the road, sitting on the right side of the car, passing on the right.  Had rain showers and sunshine on and off for the entire drive.  Made a wrong turn in Galway and had to turn around, this was not good.  All three of us could not figure out how to put the car in reverse.  Emma and Jessica had to get out and push the car to back up.  This was embarrassing!!!

Staying at the Marless Country House Bed & Breakfast in Salthill, a cute little town right next to Galway for two nights.  Our room is lovely!  Mary, our host has drawn us a map of how to get around and where to eat.  And Tom, Mary’s family friend has shown us the trick on how to get the car in reverse and so kindly moved the car and backed it to the little parking area in front of the house.  All is good now,

Our house is less than a block from the coast.  There is a wide promenade walkway all along the water from Salthill to Galway.  It’s about a 40 minute walk.

 Ate dinner at Guay’s Bar, Jessica and I had fish and Emma had to try their Irish Stew to see if it compared to one she had in Dublin.  After dinner we enjoyed checking out all the little shops in town.

Irish Stew served with cabbage, potatoes and vegetables

Haddock fillets, chips, cole slaw, and pasta salad

On our walk home we saw a raindow.