Up early at 7 am to pack the bags up and shuttle to the
airport to pick up the rental car. Sleeping
went fairly well, except when I woke up at 2 am feeling extremely hungry (that’s 6 pm Seattle time; I guess my body was
expecting dinner.) Breakfast was yogurt
we picked up at Tesco the day before, and granola we snagged in Chicago (before
realizing the need for a mad rush to the international terminal).
After Jason did a few loops around the parking lot to get a
feel for the car (Fiat Punto!), we hit the road, heading out along the M6
toward Galway. I think Irish roads are
somewhat given a bad rap, so I’d like to clear the air just a bit. The highways (prefixed with “M” or “N”) are a
completely reasonable width.
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| M- and N- routes in Ireland -- not unlike any other highway. |
