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Bob's Back -- In Body, if not in Mind!


Made it home (physically, at least) around noon, yesterday (16 Nov).  Trying to piece together receipts, details and memories into a semi-cognizant form as soon as is possible.

Tales to tell, gripes to complain about, joys to regale and confessions to ... well, confess.  confuse  hmm  confuse

Time for that later, though.  For now, a BRIEF summary:

Weather (for November) was mostly terrific!  Only four or five days of rain and / or general dreariness -- and at least as many of blue sky and -- GASP -- SUN!!  biggrin

Got pix of TWO Round Towers that I was lacking, saw a number of sites that had here-to-for eluded me -- Trim, Cong and the DART ride from Bray to Greystones, and re-visited a number of places that we had previously spent insufficient time at or in.  Spent some quality 'Family Time' and touched base with some absent friends, too.  A good time was had by many -- I'm not arrogant enough to say, "All"  aww       aww

Posted a few pix to Facebook along the way, but I've got about 500 (and a number of videos) to organize and winnow down, so best that I get Busy, busy and busy. 

Most importantly, my sense of sanity (minimal though it might be) has been restored.

Details, as always will follow . . .  biggrin  biggrin



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Welcome home Bob. Looking forward to hearing more once things settle down.

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Thanks.  As I said on another post, we pretty much 'Lucked Out' with the weather:  "We had about four days of rain, about the same of true sunshine and the rest were mostly cloudy with occasional 'soft' moments . . .  Daytime temps MOST days were in the low-to-mid 50's F and we only had one morning that had a light frost -- although it was predicted to be turning significantly colder after we departed and it appears to have done just that.  I've seen a number of reports and pictures of snow in the past few days.  aww  aww"

We weren't so lucky with the GPS -- I turned down the FREE unit Dooley offered as partial recompense for the delay at Pick Up, only to discover that my 5 year old phone's internal GPS has ceased to function reliably.  Could have used it a few times, but managed to get by with my trusty, OSI Road Atlas -- even if it IS a few years old!

I've finished 'Crunching the numbers' and it appears that our Total expense for this trip will run right around (but LESS than) $4,400, once all the Credit Card Bills all are in.  That's just about everything, except for a few gifts that the Mrs. bought for Christmas presents for a couple of the Grandchildren -- which are actually more 'Harry Potter' related, rather than Ireland - centric, so I'm not counting them.  (FYI -- If it matters, they rang in at about $75, for those of you who might INSIST on TOTAL transparency  biggrin  biggrin  )

Trip duration included 3 travel days (due to the over-night near the Orlando Airport on our return) and 18 days (and nights!) 'On The Ground'.  I'll give a FULL break-down in my trip Report, but here is my synopsis / methodology:

Prepaid: $1693.61.   Airfare - $1110.32  Car Hire:  $229.91 (Manual, Compact, Waiving ALL Insurances by using my World MasterCard coverage) Moycullen Self-Catering - $290.00 Excess Cover - $58  Parking Deposit (Orlando) $5.38

ATM Cash Withdrawals:  1,480 Euro ( $1,606.00 -- Including $17.86 in Fees)

Pending Credit Card Charges: $950.33 -- Including Fees.

Debit Purchases:  $106.64 including Fees.  That's for two nights at the Premier Inn ($71.64) and a 'bauble' from the Spiddal Craft Village ($35)

Included in the above figures are Long-Term Parking in Orlando ($97.46), the Orlando Hotel on return ($152).

I started with 176 Euros in 'Seed Money' (Left Over from LAST trip and returned home with just over 200 Euro in cash and coin.  I suppose that Technically, that REDUCES actual over-all cost by about 35 Euro?  confuse  confuse

Lodging Info:

We spent Nights #1, 17 & 18 in Dublin at the Premier Inn and only 6 nights in our self-catering, opting for 1 night in the Temple Gate Hotel, in Ennis, ($121.28) on Night # 8.  Nights # 9 & 10 were free, staying with relatives in East Cork and also Nights # 11 & 12, in West Cork -- although some NICE gifts and a couple of meals were paid for in semi-recompense! Nights # 13 & 14 were at the Riverside Hotel, in Killarney -- a SWEET 'Special' (Two night's B&B PLUS one night's dinner for 128 Euro ($139.63).  Night # 15 was at the Maldon Hotel in Portlaoise ($119.34) in order to visit relatives nearby.  Night # 16 was spent at the only B&B on this trip -- the Old Rectory, in Bray, County Wicklow, at a cost of 75 Euro (Cash Only).

Hope this helps.  confuse  confuse

 



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