Today we got up quite early. Alfonso picked us up at 9 o’clock, because he was going to take us to pick up our transport. After a long trip to a small town north of Dublin, we arrived at the rental company. But we were in the middle of nowhere, there was just a farm without any signs regarding the company!
But no worries, we phoned the company and the person in charge told us that it would take about 10 minutes for him to get there. That’s enough waiting time for us to think that we had been scammed by someone on the Internet and we had lost our deposit. What we are going to do now in the middle of nowhere and without any transport….
But nothing could be further from the truth. The explanation was simple, this company had just started their operations the week before, and they didn’t have any signage yet. Their headquarters is the farm, and after about 20 long minutes, our friend finally arrived. He was very kind and friendly, and his English was very easy to understand! Haha
He took us inside the farm and showed us our vehicle for the next 5 days: a campervan. What a surprise for the kids!
We signed the contract and paid the full amount + a deposit. He showed us a small bump at the back of the campervan, and he told us how to operate the thousand little things inside; gas, refrigerator, cooker. We arranged a return time with him… and we finally started our trip towards our destination of the day, the Cliffs of Moher.
We drove around some roads around the rental company to get used to driving on the left with such a big vehicle. And after that we immediately got onto the motorway towards Doolin. At first it was a bit tough for me to get used to it because of the height of the campervan and it was very windy, but after some time we even dared to overtake some trucks! What a brave driver! Haha
On this motorway there are several service areas with fast food establishments, so we made a technical stop halfway there, where we ate a pizza at a Papa John’s. Not exactly Irish food but we wanted to have something fast.
Shortly after continuing on our way, the motorway ended, and we had to return to ordinary roads. The route indicated by the GPS did not seem to be the most suitable for a campervan. The road got narrower and narrower until it became a little road just about as wide as the campervan, although luckily there was no traffic ahead. Those 200km took us about 5 hours, much more than the GPS predicted. Maybe it was not a good idea to follow it, I thought later.
On bright side, we finally reached the Cliffs of Moher, and we liked them very much, the trip was worth it. We started admiring the scenery from the viewpoints and then we had a good walk at the top. It seemed a bit dangerous to walk without taking care because there are not any handrails or similar, so I had to keep an eye on the kids, just in case.
After some time admiring the views, we got back to the campervan and went to Doolin to find somewhere to park and to spend the night. We found the campsite of Doolin, located past the village. We parked the campervan, we connected it to the main current, the gas and once we were settled, we took a walk of a couple of km back to the village to have dinner of fish and chips in a local pub. Luckily we took our raincoats because it started to rain cats and dogs before entering the pub.
Our dinner was wonderful, and our walk back to the campsite was very relaxing as the rain stopped. Let’s go to bed, see you tomorrow!
