Ireland last minute recommendations
Feb 23rd, 2017, 08:07 PM
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Fourfortravel - Thanks for all the tips! We didn't pay extra for the leg room or anything. I know that we have a row with just two seats, which I'm ok with because I'd prefer it be just the two of us than to have a stranger there. If we see any open rows maybe we can snag them before someone else!
Dugi - Thanks for the article! On a previous forum I posted someone had recommended printing out a copy of an article that states that just in case someone in the airport gives us problems. I knew most European cities required 6 months prior but I had heard mixed results about Ireland. Well need to make sure to renew it before our trip.
Sadly, I think we will leave Dingle out of this trip. I just don't think we have enough time, all hotels are officially booked, and I don't want to do a lot of back tracking if not necessary.
My boyfriend really enjoys medival related events. I clicked the link provided and it pulled up an error and stated it couldn't be found. I'll have to do some research and see if I can find it! You've been extremely helpful on this forum.
I'd rather slightly over pack than under pack. I think we'll go with the larger hard case suit cases!
Jaja- I'm SO excited for it. I've watched videos on YouTube and can't wait. It's something so unique. Glad we decided to book it.
Kwren - Good to know. We'll probably need to plan 2 hours extra on the way home to make sure we don't have any problems clearing through customs. If leaving the states, is there any additional security we have to go through since we're leaving on an international flight?
Iowamom - we booked our rental car through Europcar. We made sure to get automatic because given driving on the left side of the road, neither of us were comfortable trying to master stick shift as well. We made sure to pay extra for the GPS to come with the car. We were unsure if our GPS' on our phones would work and didn't want to risk getting lost. (Even though getting lost is fun sometimes!)
Allison - We leave next Friday and land in Dublin on Saturday! I expected to layer but hopefully we can still get some slightly warmer temps and good weather! I'm a pickier eater where as my boyfriend will eat almost anything. So I'm a tad worried about Irish food, hoping there is something for me. He is a big seafood lover so I'll have to find some good places for him to try. I'll plan to get some Euros in the airport to be safe and have a little cash on me. Thank you! I think we'll have a great time!
Dugi - Thanks for the article! On a previous forum I posted someone had recommended printing out a copy of an article that states that just in case someone in the airport gives us problems. I knew most European cities required 6 months prior but I had heard mixed results about Ireland. Well need to make sure to renew it before our trip.
Sadly, I think we will leave Dingle out of this trip. I just don't think we have enough time, all hotels are officially booked, and I don't want to do a lot of back tracking if not necessary.
My boyfriend really enjoys medival related events. I clicked the link provided and it pulled up an error and stated it couldn't be found. I'll have to do some research and see if I can find it! You've been extremely helpful on this forum.
I'd rather slightly over pack than under pack. I think we'll go with the larger hard case suit cases!
Jaja- I'm SO excited for it. I've watched videos on YouTube and can't wait. It's something so unique. Glad we decided to book it.
Kwren - Good to know. We'll probably need to plan 2 hours extra on the way home to make sure we don't have any problems clearing through customs. If leaving the states, is there any additional security we have to go through since we're leaving on an international flight?
Iowamom - we booked our rental car through Europcar. We made sure to get automatic because given driving on the left side of the road, neither of us were comfortable trying to master stick shift as well. We made sure to pay extra for the GPS to come with the car. We were unsure if our GPS' on our phones would work and didn't want to risk getting lost. (Even though getting lost is fun sometimes!)
Allison - We leave next Friday and land in Dublin on Saturday! I expected to layer but hopefully we can still get some slightly warmer temps and good weather! I'm a pickier eater where as my boyfriend will eat almost anything. So I'm a tad worried about Irish food, hoping there is something for me. He is a big seafood lover so I'll have to find some good places for him to try.
I'll plan to get some Euros in the airport to be safe and have a little cash on me. Thank you! I think we'll have a great time!
Mar 1st, 2017, 06:05 AM
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About €1.30 per litre or a bit more; equivalent to almost €6.00 per imperial gallon; just under €5.00 per US gallon. Prices vary a good deal.
How much fuel you use obviously depends on the car, your driving style, and the journeys you make.
How much fuel you use obviously depends on the car, your driving style, and the journeys you make.
Mar 1st, 2017, 01:27 PM
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jaja, http://www.dolmencounty.com/ I just ordered a ton of things to be delivered to my friend's house for St Patrick's Day. We can eat the cadbury. The Cadbury Tiffin bar is so good and those Keogh chips are the best. The roast beef and stout. Shipping is good with them and they are really quick. I ordered at Christmas so if you need a fix I would use them.
I am a well done beef eater and hate ordering beef out but the law in Ireland is that mince beef/hamburgers are cooked done and they are the best. Not dry but juicy so try one of them. I could eat seafood everyday but ordered a hamburger and was hooked.
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I am a well done beef eater and hate ordering beef out but the law in Ireland is that mince beef/hamburgers are cooked done and they are the best. Not dry but juicy so try one of them. I could eat seafood everyday but ordered a hamburger and was hooked.
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Mar 1st, 2017, 03:27 PM
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Good luck to you - If there are special things you need to snack on due to the chemo, go ahead and bring them. But if you are talking about just snacks, no. You will find all sorts of yummy things in Ireland.
Mar 2nd, 2017, 04:17 AM
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jaja, best to you.
lovexhappiness, I said in your other thread you should do your ceremony there. Get the legal one done at the courthouse in Chicago.
aer lingus is not the greatest for food but we zonk out quick and eat dinner before. Our flights from Orlando are 8:20 so don't care to eat that late. Last trip we slept through breakfast even. I love an eye mask. Coming home the food is always a bit better plus we have our cadbury stash.
lovexhappiness, I said in your other thread you should do your ceremony there. Get the legal one done at the courthouse in Chicago.
aer lingus is not the greatest for food but we zonk out quick and eat dinner before. Our flights from Orlando are 8:20 so don't care to eat that late. Last trip we slept through breakfast even. I love an eye mask. Coming home the food is always a bit better plus we have our cadbury stash.
Mar 2nd, 2017, 10:20 AM
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Awesome! Thanks for all the help!
I'm a fairly picky eater so didn't think I would eat much of what the plane has to offer. But we leave @ 8:30 so we would have already ate dinner. The way home our flight is 11 AM so I'll have to figure something out for that. I'm sure there are snacks in Ireland that we have to try.
We have Cadbury eggs in the states that come out around Easter. Is that what you guys are referring to?
Jaja - I am sure that is very hard. Well wishes to you! You'll need to celebrate some way when you get your last treatment.
Macross - we are thinking sometime in 2018 for the ceremony... and our family wouldn't be with us in Ireland as it is just a couples trip. we just want something small, intimate, and affordable.
I'm a fairly picky eater so didn't think I would eat much of what the plane has to offer. But we leave @ 8:30 so we would have already ate dinner. The way home our flight is 11 AM so I'll have to figure something out for that. I'm sure there are snacks in Ireland that we have to try.
We have Cadbury eggs in the states that come out around Easter. Is that what you guys are referring to?
Jaja - I am sure that is very hard. Well wishes to you! You'll need to celebrate some way when you get your last treatment.
Macross - we are thinking sometime in 2018 for the ceremony... and our family wouldn't be with us in Ireland as it is just a couples trip.
we just want something small, intimate, and affordable.
Mar 2nd, 2017, 10:24 AM
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You might consider ordering a special meal in advance. IME, the Japanese vegetarian option is the best; not all airlines offer a lot of options, but most offer something other than whatever is standard.
Mar 2nd, 2017, 02:56 PM
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lovexhappiness, Cadbury in the UK and Ireland is so much better. They have a wide assortment of chocolate bars. Also try Butler's chocolate. I don't buy a lot anymore but wait till I get to duty free and then buy Butlers and Cadbury plus liquor before boarding the plane. You can buy Havana Rum now!
The Bia pre-order menu is available on long-haul flights allowing passengers to upgrade their meal to a 3-course meal that has been designed by chefs. The meal options include Salmon, Roast Chicken or Steak. It is like 20 or 25 more but the aer lingus site has more info. It confused me several flights ago because the way they presented it was like everyone had to buy the meal. It is not, just an upgrade. I saw no one eating it. I can't even remember what they served from Oct. Maybe Shepard's pie. We had tasted so much whiskey I can't remember much. We always get the 2 pm flight so they are pushing the liquor in duty free.
The Bia pre-order menu is available on long-haul flights allowing passengers to upgrade their meal to a 3-course meal that has been designed by chefs. The meal options include Salmon, Roast Chicken or Steak. It is like 20 or 25 more but the aer lingus site has more info. It confused me several flights ago because the way they presented it was like everyone had to buy the meal. It is not, just an upgrade. I saw no one eating it. I can't even remember what they served from Oct. Maybe Shepard's pie. We had tasted so much whiskey I can't remember much. We always get the 2 pm flight so they are pushing the liquor in duty free.
Mar 2nd, 2017, 03:13 PM
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Coming home from Dublin, you can buy your duty free in the normal airport shops, but then after you clear customs, they had a little kiosk of alcohol closer to the gates. Since you have already cleared customs, you can buy as much as you like at that point. The only problem might be that they might not always be open, but they were when we went past. I think you could ask about the kiosk hours in the regular shops because that's where they told us about the kiosk.
The guy at the kiosk remembered us from in the airport and gave us a lot more samples!!!
The guy at the kiosk remembered us from in the airport and gave us a lot more samples!!!
Mar 4th, 2017, 11:06 AM
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Any recommendations as to a half way point on the drive from Dublin to Cong? We drive to the ashford castle tomorrow but want to find a good mid way stop to grab a bite to eat and explore a bit.
Mar 4th, 2017, 10:04 PM
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"Obeying the siren call of the west coast, most foreign tourists put their foot down to motor through the midlands as quickly as possible" and you may do the same.But a good pit stop town is Athlone, near the motorway, which has a number of cafes and restaurants and is near the remains of Clonmacnois, pre-Norman Ireland's most important Christian site on the grassy banks of the River Shannon.
http://www.athlone.ie/eat-and-drink/
https://www.google.com/search?q=clon...HfgIBkAQsAQIUg
Dublin to Cong is a drive of 3h45 (250km)
Dublin to Athlone is a drive of 1h45 (125km)
http://www.athlone.ie/eat-and-drink/
https://www.google.com/search?q=clon...HfgIBkAQsAQIUg
Dublin to Cong is a drive of 3h45 (250km)
Dublin to Athlone is a drive of 1h45 (125km)
Mar 6th, 2017, 09:13 AM
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Thank you, Dugi!
We are in Galway for the evening.
Tomorrow we head to Killarney.
What route should we take? We are going to stop at the cliffs of moher but didn't know if there was anything else we should see on the drive from Galway to Killarney.
What about the ring of Kerry drive?
We are in Galway for the evening.
Tomorrow we head to Killarney.
What route should we take? We are going to stop at the cliffs of moher but didn't know if there was anything else we should see on the drive from Galway to Killarney.
What about the ring of Kerry drive?
