We drove off the ferry at Dublin, found ourselves on a motorway (thanks Tom) and ended up in Galway in a nice B&B. We were sent off to Galway town to have dinner and had a fantastic night in the hub of the town where the pubs were pumping out music and there were people everywhere, very festive. We made yet some more best friends in the restaurant, Di and John from North Ireland on their weekend away, and had a magic evening chatting and surrounded by the atmosphere. We exchanged emails and addresses so who knows??! Got back to B&B and accidentally deleted the evening photos instead of uploading...rats. The breakfast setting was very noice the next morning.

Here are a couple of photos of the drive to Cong, we had our first rain would you believe. Then Ashford Castle is ahead.

I can't believe Ian is asleep in his chair after 3 sherries, yes we are at Ashford Castle and it is AMAZING! From our bedroom window we have views of the lake and front gardens and it is luxury, luxury, luxury. So glad we did this! Dinner in the dungeon (yes, that is right) and hours to kill in garden and grounds. And, YES, we have our own chandelier in our room. Ian is awake now (the pace is furious!) and we are off to explore the grounds.