1. People in Ireland drop cigarette butts on the ground EVERYWHERE. This is pretty distracting and odd since there is a rather large program here to keep the towns clean called "Tidy Towns" Tidy ? really?
2. Lots of men have "bed head". Not sure if this is a weather issue but the hair is growing in about 5 directions at once. Most of them look like they got outta bed and just hit the street. I will try to get some snaps of this...it is a riot.
3. Lots of stores and shops that belong to "Paddy" Who is Paddy?
Paddy Power, Paddy's Palace, Paddy's Bar...
Scotland Things:
Food Service is challenging in Scotland. First of all, it is difficult to decide what to eat. Choices are a bit unusual in most local places. We tried to stay out of American shops (McDonalds, etc) but the last day in Edinburgh we ended up at Hard Rock Cafe, http://www.hardrock.com/locations/cafes3/cafe.aspx?LocationID=42&MIBEnumID=3, which turned out to be a great choice. Our server was Haley Dunn (Dunn, Da Dunn Dunn) and both the service and food were excellent. We were weary travelers and Haley made our night a complete riot. We laughed and enjoyed the night.
Unusual things I ate in Scotland (no, I did not knowingly eat haggis) was a Scotch Pie, Neeps, Tatties,Steak Pie. The Scotch Pie I took one bite of and determine it to be mystery meat. Neeps are very yummy turnips, Tatties are Chips in London, french fries in America. The steak pie turned out to be mostly gravy, but I was so hungry by my last day in Scotland, I ate the gravy pie. Eggs are not very tasty in Scotland but I did really like Weetabix,
The second thing we noticed about food service in Scotland, is that is is unusual to be greeted, seated and have a server come to the table for the order. After a few long waits we realized that we had to order at the bar, be seated, and wait for our food to come (one plate at a time). We rarely ate hot food in Scotland, and we rarely ate it together. They do however server very good chocolate cake in Scotland.
