> We took our four huge bags out to the rental lot to find that the travel agent had selected the smallest car available. It was a Ford Ka. "Ka" because there wasn't enough room on the vehicle to write "Kar".

Yep, you're right there. If it's possible that a car could be smaller than a mini, then the Ka proves it. I drove one for three weeks while my Mondeo was being fixed once. I hated it the entire time. I still hate them and will for evermore.

>
> Culture Shock:
> In Ireland, they do a few things wrong. Bacon for one. Another is driving on the left. It's just wrong. God meant for us to drive on the right. The pedals are in the same orientation (clutch, brake, gas), but the shifter is on the left and the driver is on the right side.

Yep, they do that too. All cars built for use in the British Isles will be like that. And the left is actually the correct side historically, blame Napoleon for moving to the right.


> Food Note #1.
> The Irish versions of bacon and sausage suck. The bacon is a boiled ham thing with a strip of fat. If you are lucky, there will be a one-inch strip of real bacon attached to the salty ham, but it won't be cooked. The sausage itself looks like sausage and is called "sausage", but it's really a tube of wood filler.

Hmm, sounds like Bacon alright. You should have got back rashers, more meat on them...
You sure it was sausage and not white pudding? I've had Irish sausages and they were delicious.

> Silly town names: Hurlers Cross, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Doolin, Lisdoonvarna
>
> -FP

Bea"But the best bit about Ireland is the Guinness!"sty