The Lederman Kitchen

It was just as beautiful of a day as it was on Day 1 of our trip , and we wanted to take full advantage of it.  We decided to drive south to the Cliff of Moher, then swing back up to The Weir for lunch at Moran's Oyster Cottage , which came highly recommended by Brian's co-workers, all before heading back across the country to Dublin. I think I said "this is just beautiful" at least a 100 times during our drive When you visit somewhere new, you often have an idea of what it will be like, or what to expect.  Well, Brian was dying to see castles and rock walls in Ireland.  There was no shortage of rock walls, and plenty of castles on this trip. Dunguarie Castle We went through some cute little villages It wasn't just on this trip, but people just park wherever they want in Ireland.  The photo below was taken on the coastal highway.  The highway!  The speed limit on this road is 100km (63 mph), it's narrow, curvy and apparently it's cool if y...

Brian and I embarked on a cross country road trip 2 weekends ago.  Across to Galway, and back to Dublin again.  Sounds brutal, but Ireland is only 129 miles wide where we crossed! To be fair, it used to be a brutal journey, before they built the M6 Motorway , which was completed in late 2009.  Before this 2-lane motorway, with center barricade, was built, the only way to drive across the country was on smaller highways.  I'm not sure what the those highways were like, but if it's anything like the other ones we've been on in Ireland, I can only imagine how long it would take.  Not to mention how stressful of a drive it would be on small winding roads with ridiculously high speed limits.  I've heard it took more than double the time it takes now.  Honestly, I don't ever want to know, the M6 was nice, easy and fast, with a speed limit of 75 mph.  And the scenery, how beautiful.  We really felt like we were in Ireland. Road shot -...