Our First Day in Ireland

We had a fantastic first day of our trip, even after a mere 3 hours of sleep over the last 2 days!  We arrived in Shannon, Ireland around 10am Monday morning and picked up our rental car from there, which initiated the fun experiment of driving on the left.  We've already seen family from Shawna's grandmother and grandfather's side.  The hospitality here is terrific as we were greeted at Maureen and Paddy Joe's house with a delicious lamb roast and potatoes and some Gaelic songs by students studying their Irish for the summer.  That evening we walked around the beautiful city of Galway and had a pint (Guinness, of course, and yes it does taste better in Ireland) at a local pub featuring Irish traditional music.