I visited Ireland in October 2006. We had booked a fly and drive. We flew from Schiphol to Cork and picked up our car at the airport. Our package included an Irish cottage near Killarney Lake. (visit this website to get an idea of the beautiful scenery: http://homepage.eircom.net/~knp/ )Driving in our hired car, we were immediately impressed by the landscape; green meadows, green hills and blue skies (yes, no rain!).
We were welcomed in a friendly way by our Irish host. We did our best to understand him.
