Day 12: And then we came to the end

As they say, all good things must come to an end. We have reached the end of our trip, which is ironically also the beginning. This afternoon we arrived back at Bunratty Castle Hotel, where our journey began.

This has been an amazing trip; everything about was just awesome. I have very few complaints ... actually I don't really have any other than there are a couple stops where we could have used more time, but that is the nature of these kinds of trips. This is an amazingly beautiful country and the people are just wonderful. If you ever have a chance to visit, take it. You won't regret it. And if you ever come, make sure you find an older Irish person and aske them to tell you about their country. The Irish people are so good at telling the history of their country. Our guide in particular was amazing. He knew more times and dates and names of history than I do of our history, and our history is so much shorter than his country's history. It was impressive.

Our flight leaves at 9am tomorrow, and we have to be at the airport by 6. Way too early. Then, when we arrive in the states it'll only be 11. How weird is that? Tomorrow is going to be such a long day. But I'll get to see my dog! I can't wait for that. I think she's the only thing I've really missed about the states these last two weeks.

I hope you guys have enjoyed these posts while I was here. I'll probably post some more about Ireland in the coming weeks. There's a lot of things I would have liked to include here but didn't have time. For now I have to get to sleep, because 4:30am is going to come way too early.