Tea question

Dude · Guru

Tea question

Michele Erdvig · Host

Dude,

There is no problem whatsoever in bringing your own type of tea. B&B owners are used to accommodating all sorts of dietary needs. And as you say, if you have tea and coffee facilities in your room you can have your tea there too. I always bring decaf tea for my husband. Although it can be found in many Irish supermarkets it is not always available at B&Bs. The hosts are always happy to provide a pot of hot water at breakfast for the decaf.

Michele

Dude · Guru

Thanks for the very speedy reply, Michele. This time three weeks from now we will be in Milltown, Co. Galway, sleeping off jetlag. Wish we could take all the Irregulars with us, but will have pictures and a detailed trip report when we return.

Michele Erdvig · Host

Dude,

You must really be getting excited to be counting down the days. I hope you get some good weather.

Michele

Dude · Guru

Starting at 80 days out I have e-mailed my sisters every ten days, attaching one of Corey's beautiful pictures, and asking them if they were done packing yet! Now that it's getting close I may go to every five days.

Was working on 2009 trip with the grandsons this evening. Can you tell I'm ready to go?

Patricia of Ballycarton Guest House assures me that the sun is always shining in Ireland, just that sometimes it's behind the clouds!

youngka · Guru

Hi Dude! Where is Ballycarton Guest House?
Thanks
Youngka

Dude · Guru

Ah, it's outside Limavady, Co. Londonderry. One of Michele's recommendations, and we are staying there three nights and making it our base for the Northern Ireland coast and the Inishowen Peninsula. It looks really delightful, and Patricia has been most entertaining in her e-mails.

Anchoress · Veteran Member

Please bring that sun down from behind the clouds.. Donegal is lost in fog again today, and that famous "soft Irish rain" that saturates in minutes. Blessings.

Michele Erdvig · Host

Anchoress,

Welcome to my forum! I hear it was an extremely rainy summer in Ireland. All my friends there have told me that the moment I left (in the spring) it started raining and has hardly ceased. I hope Dude brings some good weather your way.

Dude,

Tell Patricia hello form me. When she showed me around she was recovering from a ski accident and was on crutches. I wish I could get around on my own two feet as fast as she was on crutches! I read an article about a survey that was taken on the world's fastest walkers and the Irish came out tops. How is that for useless trivia?

Michele

Dude · Guru

A ski accident? Totally cool; especially since she's old enough to have a son who got married this spring or summer! If I'm ever on crutches it'll be because I had my hip replaced or was totally clumsy. Fortunately we don't plan to get in any races with those speedy Irish. I'm more of a meanderer.

Anchoress · Veteran Member

Michele; a belated thank you for the welcome... My own knowledge of Ireland is limited to the west coast, especially Donegal where we have a small house, and some of Leitrim/Roscommon too.

It was good to read of Keadue and Lough Key in one report....So many lovely places.

And of course, as a Monastic, my greatest interest is the Monastic history. The wealth of old abbeys and churches and round towers is awesome. And expanding soon over the border to Lough Erne and Devenish Island, which has a round tower you can climb.
Blessings to all

Michele Erdvig · Host

Anchoress,

I find that people who live in Ireland are very knowledgable about their own little section of the country. We would welcome your input for anyone who is traveling to Donegal, Letrim or Roscommon. All are wonderful areas that are less traveled by the usual tourists. Those who go off the beaten path are often rewarded with hidden treasures. Ireland certainly has an abundance of them!

Michele