I was expecting mostly a travel day to Ireland, but we had two wonderful stops.  In the morning, we visited Chester, a 2000 year old Roman town.  Most of the current town is only Victorian (late 1800s), but there are some neat ruins from the original city to explore. 

We continue our drive to northwest Britain and cross into Wales to stop in Conwy.  There's a beautiful castle overlooking the coast.  The weather is fantastic and it's really gorgeous.  Now that we are in Wales, I search for a "Free Willie" t-shirt, but am unable to find one.  I also find no one who can speak with Shamu.  I though the funny language here is Whale?

We say goodbye to those departing our tour for London (they are only doing the Great Britain half of the tour).  With a ahalf empty bus, we strecth out on our trip to the port where our ferry to Dublin awaits.  After a nearly two hour ferry, we get to our Dublin hotel around 6pm and have dinner with the new arrivals.  After an expensive round of drinks at the pub next to the hotel, we end the evening earlier than most. 

View the photos of Chester and Wales.