Roadtripping

Maybe I’ve seen one too many American films, but the thing is that I’ve been wanting to do a roadtrip for quite a while now. I love travelling, I love visiting new places, and I don’t mind car journeys that much (as long as you have plenty of good music to sing along to). If we put all those ingredients together, we get a lovely road trip as a result.

The ultimate road trip has to be a West Coast to East Coast of the United States. I’ve been daydreaming about it for a while, but since you’d need something like 3 months to carry it out properly (due to the vast land mass and huge amount of “must-see” places), I believe it is out of reach until we win the lottery. Or maybe we just have to befriend Stephen Fry and ask him to take us with him in his next Black-Cab-Around-The-States TV Series.

I’ve been consulting it with Google and apparently it would only take us JUST two days to do Boston to San Francisco (no stopping even for a piss, though)

But since none of this is going to happen any time soon, I thought it would be a bit better for my own sanity to try to get a more achievable target in mind. So I came up with the idea of Ireland.

I’ve felt quite curious about Ireland for a bit now. It all started when I read the book “Dublin” by Edward Rutherford (it wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t as good as his “London” one), the descriptions (especially the ones of the Wicklow Mountains) really captivated me and I have felt like I had to see all of that beauty with my own eyes ever since.

I’ve been having a look at the “Discover Ireland” website, which is quite good compared to other tourism websites I’ve seen, and they even have a section on “Getting around by car” – exactly what I was looking for!

There are lots of different trip ideas and multiple routes according to your holiday needs. From Castles and Cathedrals, to culinary coast-to-coast tours. Mountains or Cities. Coast or Wildlife. Anything, really.

The one that has caught my eye is the “Medieval Ireland” one, with Castles and Cathedrals and all that really photogenic scenery.

So! We have the plan, the route and the willingness. We just need the time off and the money to pay for flights, accommodation and car rental. Anyone wants to give us a hand here?