After a couple of hours more down the road, dinner in Dublin, we headed out to the ferry docks. Once we pulled up to the locked gates a man came out, and I asked if we would be allowed in to park for the night and catch the 8:20am ferry…no problem… I am now catching up while the ferry is rocking me slightly while on the computer and Louise is snoozing on the lounge seat across the way.
Ava Bianca (The White House) was our new home for the next couple of days. It is owned and run by Mona and Patrick and is a home that they built about 20 years ago. A beautiful home with outstanding gardens that sits high on the hill over looking the city and surrounding hills. It was about a 25-30minute downhill walk into town, which we did a number of times while there. Mona and Patrick also believe in a “hearty” breakfast, which was something Louise and I had to adjust for the 2nd morning. It was just a little bit too hardy…very good, but a ton of food on your plate. Another great couple… they made us feel more than welcome. Fact is, when we woke the first morning, Louise found she had left her make-up bag at the van. Now you know how important that is to our ladies… Patrick insisted that he would take us to the van and pick it up. Now it wasn’t too far, maybe 5 miles or so, but when you get into some of these back roads…you can get lost. We found out even the locals can get lost. After hitting a number of different narrow, winding, up and down hilly roads, we finally had to stop and ask directions at a house…we were close, about 150 yards… Patrick had about as much fun with that as I think he might have had if he had to go out and milk a cow, but he was very gracious about it anyway. Now Mona, she is a very nice, genuine hostess. She would give you the shirt off Patrick’s back if you wanted it. The house was decorated very uniquely, with A LOT of furniture, artificial flowers, nick-knacks, pictures, and clothes. She always wanted to make sure we were “warm enough”, and reaching for the thermostats while we were saying “no, no, it’s not necessary…” I must say, we have had a good time, even when it seems it could be a little bleak. We also passed the time by taking in a couple of movies…the only one worth mentioning is Monster Mother in Law. It was pretty good. Well come Monday morning, it took all I could do not to call Jimmy at 7am to see how things were progressing. I did hold out until after noon, and then he said “I’m sure we will have you on the road to the ferry by 5 tonight”. Those were good words to hear… About 4, Louise and I started walking with a little bounce in our step…singing a merry song along the way…just knowing things had made a turn around for us. A lot of good-byes, and we were on our way. Well, not before we remembered when we had just cleared town, we had left our luggage at Mona and Patrick’s. Thank God we remembered.
After a couple of hours more down the road, dinner in Dublin, we headed out to the ferry docks. Once we pulled up to the locked gates a man came out, and I asked if we would be allowed in to park for the night and catch the 8:20am ferry…no problem… I am now catching up while the ferry is rocking me slightly while on the computer and Louise is snoozing on the lounge seat across the way.
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