A full day of just driving, and happy to be alive!

We woke bright and early and were relieved to see the day light. Though we had slept the night before it had been restless due to all the cars zooming up and down, and up and down until midnight or so. It was a little off putting for ones first night in a camper van. However, as we had breakfast and looked bleary eyed out over the world two fishermen walked up whistling the “A Team” tune, they stopped and had a bit of a conversation with us, stating that they thought that we were there last night to spray paint there boats, and though we didn’t admit it out loud, we thought they’d been there to murder us, just a little miscommunication. It also turns out that where we had camped in the middle of their local gathering spot, it’s where all the farmers come to discuss the day and weeks goings on. So, we had been right, there WAS a lack of a decent pub in this area. Now we at least know where to start one up. We waved goodbye to our gathering of mates now and moved on towards the west coast of Ireland.

We didn’t seem to do much today other than drive, and that was nice, though tiring! We passed much greenery, many cliffs, many tractors, many sheep and many pubs. We were exhausted by the time we got to our camp spot of Castlebar. We set up our ‘camp’ and took delight in showering and washing all our clothes. We had hoped to find some internet, but there seems to be a great lack of this in Ireland, no matter, we shall find some soon I’m sure.

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Chris and Emily on May 28, 2009 from Castlebar, Ireland

from the travel blog: Europe 2009

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