Pat, you are sooo right.  I took my mother back to where she was born and raised.  Unfortunately, I did not know then what I now know about her family in that area and in another one which we did not know about then.   I rented a small car and we drove through the back woods area.  One could have the car going at say 30 mph and then have to slow down to 20 to go around a curve.  The car did not acculerate very well at all and I am Not a fast driver.  What I am thinking about is that we were way far away from a restruant that we really liked.  We both suddenly decided that we wanted dinner there again.  I had to get us back there as quickly and safely as possible.  With those roads and the car it was not easy.  We made it in time.   I have done oh so many miles of back roads in western United States and on roads not meant for a car.  It would take me And You all day and all night to list part of the absolutely beautiful roads I have driven.   Since I have an idea of the roads, if I ask how long, I can then do an estimation of time I'd actually be doing.   Pat you are bringing to my mind all the beautiful roads I have driven on and so enjoyed.  I have driven over my lifetime and with my cars and rental cars about 1 million miles.   Alanna --- On Wed, 3/9/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [IRL-CLARE] traveling in Ireland To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 9:10 AM Subject: traveling in Ireland    Always remember when traveling in Ireland, there are no straight roads in Ireland! On a map the towns and cities look close, but the twists and turns along the roads make the trip longer. Those beautiful meandering roads take you to places you could never imagine, and will never forget. You can take the motorways, but you miss all the fun and beauty of traveling the country roads.  Pat D ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message