A Visit to Eire

Rain is dumb

So, usually May in Ireland is pretty dry, but this year they've blown by the 150 year rainfall record. They've never had so much rain since they've started keeping track. While it doesn't really bother us too much, it would be nice to not have to wear 4 layers every single day. We've bailed on going out to the Aran Islands just because there has been so much rain it just wouldn't be nice to walk around out there. Instead we went inland a bit and saw the museum of the Irish Famine in Roscommon - very interesting - and today we're cruising around the coast of Connemara.

Anyway, internet on the west coast is pretty non-existant. This is the first internet connection we've seen in 4 days, so hence the lack of updates. It seems that you really have to be in the big cities to get any decent internet access. Actually, there is a wireless broadband service in Dublin/Cork/Killarney that only costs 18 euro a month. It's weird how a large part of the country seems so far behind technologically, but the big cities seem further ahead than North America.

Anyway, so no pictures again. Sorry. We'll probably get to post some the night before we leave, since we'll be back near Dublin. That's only 3 nights from now actually...


-Morgan

posted by Michelle @ 12:50 PM