Mar 13, 2012 - Becki - Day 8

Another incredible day! When we went to meet the tour bus yesterday morning, we discovered to our delight that we were the only ones going on the tour, so we have our own private bus & tour guide, Mia. Mia is college-educated and world-traveled, so she is intelligent and quite knowledgeable, not to mention happy & charming as well. We like her... A LOT! She was raised on a farm in Cashel which was our first stop, so she was able to impart not only the history of The Rock of Cashel, but also a great deal of the culture of country living in...

Mar 13, 2012 - The Gift of Gab: Day 9 - Hayden

We met at the Vagabond rendezvous in front of the Dublin Visitor’s Center bright and early the next morning. We stood next to other groups getting on some atrociously tacky tour buses. Thankfully instead of an tour bus, a black Land Rover Defender with a customized cab pulled up with the word “Vagabond” written on the side. I could tell that this tour was going to be awesome. Our tour guide, Mia, loaded us into the so called Vagatron and we made our way out of Dublin. Our first stop (after a quick breakfast stop half way to our destination)...