We had left the last couple nights of our trip unplanned for awhile to allow some flexibility before our US departure flight from Dublin on August 5th.
Finally decided that we would stay in the city and found some availability at the intercontinental hotel. The group needed some AC, a pool and general ease of stay provided. As compared to our primary use of Airbnb stays which overall were ok but recent ones were various issues of bugs, uncomfortable beds, no AC, etc.
Originally planned to drive from Ennis to Dublin but had enough of the narrow roads, driving in city centres, paid parking nor embarking on a 3+ hour drive with kid stops and getting into the city overly tired.
Made an adventure of it Sunday morning to return the car to Shannon airport, get an express bus back to the train/bus station, walk to the house, pack up the group, checkout by 10am, family walk to get takeaway lunch enroute to the train station, board the first train to Limerick at 11:30, board the next train to Dublin at 12:30, arrive in Dublin around 3pm, Uber to the hotel and immediately get into cozy robes and slippers and goto the pool and hot tub.
Happy to be home after 6 weeks away and quite an enjoyable trip! More to come in our next post as we reflect on our final thoughts about the trip.
Chris, Cindy, Charlie and Cecily’s Adventure Blog 