Wow, it's the night before we leave for two weeks in Ireland on a tour with CIE. This is a new tour company for us so we don't know what to expect. We opted out of Rick Steves this year after finding CIE - much lower prices (because of larger tour groups), better hotels (that actually have elevators) and they carry your luggage to and from your room. Even though we travel super light, one carry on bag each, it's still a lot of work toting them up flights of rickety stairs. I remember one place we stayed in Bachrach Germany. The hotel was built inside the original wall around the city. We were on the top floor, 4 or 5 flights up. It was very hard on the old broads.
In addition to the better tour amenities for a much lower price, we were able to find dirt cheap first/business class roundtrip tickets. This made the two old broads very happy. Nice reclining seats, drinks on demand and real silverware and glasses with the food. Woohoo!! Overall, both old broads are giddy thinking about the trip.
Things you should look into bringing back from Ireland: Aran sweaters and Waterford crystal. Neither are "everyday items" but Waterford crystal is cheaper in Ireland than in the U.S., and there are beautiful patterns that are only available in Ireland. Celtic Crosses. Kiss the blarney stone for me! Oh, and if you see anything that says "my friend went to Ireland and all they brought me was this lousy refrigerator magnet" - snag one for me! i love those. - Henry
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