I have a newfound appreciation for the Gaelic font...Dingle, Ireland

We returned on Aer Lingus from Amsterdam once again to the Dublin airport (4th time this trip).  Aer Lingus is the other major Irish airline.  (The other-RyanAir-we took to Brussels)  We hopped in a rental car and left Dublin for the west coast of Ireland.   The drive was beautiful even though it was on the wrong side of the road.  At first, we used the major highways and made great time.  The views were pretty, but got a lot better once we hit the rural highways.

This part of the drive was stunning!  Ireland is at least forty shades of green.  And definitely has more farm animals than people.  We enjoyed Dublin, but we fell in love with the rest of Ireland.  It's beauty is outstanding.  The people are good.  And the animals are too darn cute!

Jordan adjusted to driving on the other side of the road well.

We got to Dingle just in time for some local music at Rick Steves's favorite pub--Murphys!  (Marty and John, no t-shirts available b/c I thought you guys should have one!)  Dingle is a great town.  The peninsula has very few people, but has 1/2 million sheep. It also has the most artifacts & historical stuff in Ireland.

We woke to a traditional Irish breakfast.  Then on to the famous Slea Head drive.  I navitaged and read history while Jordan drove us around the curviest roads.  I knew it would be pretty, but it was breathtaking.  It usually takes about 3 hours, but with our wandering skills and photos it took about five hours!  And since I broke the camera on the second stop of the tour, we were lucky the pics turned out this well.  Good job Jordan! We even took self-photos at the westernmost point in Europe!!!

Then on to a pub crawl with a stop for the local pizzas!   Great Irish music and Bulmers/Smithwicks.

Here I have to comment about the Irish, love em'.  I knew from all my reads of travel books, online,and  famous authors that we would like Ireland.  Also, I was right to say they have so many similarities to the South.  They are nice, slow, honest, food-loving, musical, beer drinking folk.  They love their county and country.  And they have a healthy dislike for the British.

Side note:  The title comes from one of my many "out-loud thoughts" on our long drive.  Most people in the county Kerry have their family name written on a stone placed in front of their home  in Gaelic font. This has some relation with this county has the most Gaelic schools.  And of course, my comment was "I have a newfound appreciation for the Gaelic font..."
-Clearly, I need more travel time and less time spent with the Microsoft Office apps.