We headed South and a bit East passing through Killybegs, Donegal, Pettigoe where we ate a nice breakfast. Leaving Pettigoe we noticed a road sign welcoming us to Northern Ireland...YIKES!! Union Jack flags hanging on every streetlight. Realized we were on the right road and it would soon cross back into the Republic of Ireland. We knew from reading the local paper, watching news and visiting with a couple from Belfast that we did NOT want to go any further down that road. Well, guess what? Ennisskillen was the next town and we took another wrong turn that had us headed straight to Belfast! It was interesting to see the definite dividing with a blue fence along the highway. Finally righted ourselves and made it to Linaskea where we found a car wash and a really nice, hard working young man that power washed, dried and vacuumed our rental...looks brand new to return tomorrow in Dublin....tomorrow is my birthday!! Had to squeeze that in!!
Made it to Navan and our charming B&B about 2:00. Pauline and Brian are the owners. She is wonderful..very friendly, a sweet, sweet grandma and such fun to visit with. We are in the country with sheep in the field and it is quiet. Just our kind of spot. Sitting in their lovely backyard enjoying the cool evening. Roy is drinking a beer she brought out to us and I am drinking water from a wine glass. Such fun!!
We put our stuff in the room and headed to a couple of the neighboring sites. St. Mary's Abbey in Duleek, County Meath...great old ruins in a graveyard. Next toTrim,site of the Trim Castle. This is the castle and surrounding area where much of Braveheart was filmed...Roy was in heaven. It was too funny...Roy is driving as I am trying to look for the signs to the castle. We whiz past a sign as I tell him we were to turn there and when he stopped, we were looking right at the castle...right in front of our eyes and all around us. It's the darnedest thing to look up and POOF!! there sits a castle built in the late1100s... Wild!
We had fun wandering around the grounds. Hunger got the best of us as we'd not eaten since 9:30 and it is now 6:00... Not even ice cream!! Found a nice restaurant in Navan and had a yummy birthday eve dinner. Looking forward to a shower and a nice bed with sheets!! The last place had no top sheet...creeps me out..slept fully clothed ( jammies) and used a clean towel to cover with...such a fussy one I can be!!
Including pics from the St. Mary's Abbey and Trim castle...not a big picture day.
Happy, Happy Birthday! I hope you get to read this before you head home. I am so happy you had such a wonderful trip. I have missed you both, but have so enjoyed the blog. Talk to you in our own country soon. I don't know about ice cream here--I guess it will have to be Blue Bell. Safe travels!
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Happy Birthday, again. Seems YOU can never get enough of those words. The last three weeks sure went fast. We simply can't wait to get the story in person. So happy you guys got to take this "soul feeding" trip of a lifetime!!!! How about this, we will make you a homemade ice cream flavor you have never had before and while you are eating it, you will share your photos. If we need to make several nights of it, cause there are sooooooo many photos, that's ok. Our ice cream cookbook has over 100 flavors and we guarantee that most of them you have never thought of , much less tasted. Safe travels home. Have loved taking this journey with you guys. Love and can't wait to see you, D & K
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