What. A. Day.

We learned a lot of things today about traveling in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

1. A 2pm pickup time does mean you pick your van up at 2pm.
2. Americans are not the rudest people out there.
3. Google does not talk fast enough nor show which lane to be in early enough for Irish roundabouts.
4. Neither do I.
5. Google won't tell you when ancient sites are on private property down one lane two way roads.
6. Some public websites won't list park hours even though they have them posted on site.
7. Tesco does not sell electrolyte drink mixes. They do sell fresh pickled beets.
8. Toilet paper is not included in the RV necessities kit. A corkscrew (or two) is.
9. Once you get used to Google not speaking fast enough, it will start telling you to turn one turn early.
10. Because of this, you will get very good at making 73-point turns.
11. Caravan parks will not notify you when their power goes out.
12. They will also park the giant portable generator across from the site reserved by the person driving on the wrong side of the road, on the wrong side of the car, who will arrive well after dark, and usually drives a much smaller vehicle so is not particularly expert at backing in limited spaces.
13. They won't notify you of that, either.

Suffice it to say, the only photos I got today are of my frustration level steadily rising.Read more