GREEN HILLS, HARSH WINDS // PT II

Ireland.  Don't expect to get away with cheap car insurance.  But be surprised if you run into a cop on the Republic.  We spent most of our days racing daylight.  Fitting as much as we could in the 7 hours, driving, hiking, getting lost and running into incredibly nice individuals.  We were alone more than we were expecting and found it to be refreshing, coming from coastal California where finding isolation becomes a part time job.   It goes without saying the pub food was amazing, Guinness is...well...it's Guinness in Ireland.  It's ridiculously good and not as filling as you might expect.  We drank in converted hardware store pubs, spent only 2 days in N.I. which we could have easily dragged into a week if we planned right.  The giant's causeway blew our minds, and Dublin drained our wallets.  Overall, we returned home stoked, tired, and ready to dig our heals into spring.  Cheers - J

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