点评:Ann O'Dowd will be our first phone call when we return to Ireland.
Annie drove 6 of us "older" adults for 4 days. She easily navigated the roads of Ireland from Limerick Junction to Bunratty, skipping the "motorway" to take in the vastness of the Golden Veil, the surprising Torc Waterfall and jaw-dropping beauty of Kilarney National Park, the unique winding roads and stone walls of Slea Head Drive, the Wild Atlantic Way to Dingle via ferry, and the breath-taking Cliffs of Moher. She pulled over to the side of a country road so we could snap this pic and even got down on hands and knees to help us to answer some genealogy questions at an ancient family burial site!
Annie is a lovely person with a great sense of humor, who also happens to be a flexible, capable, and knowledgeable driver and tour guide. We felt comfortable and at ease with her immediately as she went out of her way to accommodate our pace, never rushing us, while insuring that our visit was as wonderful as we had imagined it. She always had options up her sleeve for places to eat, attractions to see, and alternate routes to take in order to optimize time and weather. She was right every time!
When our time with Annie came to an end, two of us had 4 extra "unplanned" days. Even though she was booked with someone else, she went out of her way to implement an additional itinerary with accommodations and transit instructions for those extra days.
Our trip is full of "favorite things". Among them are the 4 days we spent with Annie.
"Go raibh maith agat a Annie". Until we meet again.
翻译:回爱尔兰后,我们第一个要联系的就是安·奥多德。
安妮开车带我们六个“老人”开了四天车。她轻松地穿梭在爱尔兰的公路上,从利默里克枢纽站到本拉提,没有走“高速公路”,而是尽情欣赏了浩瀚的金色面纱、令人叹为观止的托克瀑布和基拉尼国家公园的壮丽景色、斯莱角大道独特的蜿蜒道路和石墙、从大西洋之路乘渡轮前往丁格尔,以及令人叹为观止的莫赫悬崖。她把车停在一条乡间小路边,让我们拍下这张照片,甚至在一个古老的家族墓地跪下来帮我们解答一些家谱问题!
安妮人很好,很有幽默感,同时也是一位灵活、能干、知识渊博的司机兼导游。和她在一起,我们立刻感到舒适自在,因为她总是竭尽全力适应我们的节奏,从不催促我们,同时确保我们的旅程如我们想象的那样精彩。她总是能想出各种好主意,比如餐厅、景点以及备选路线,以便优化时间和天气。她每次都说对!
我们和安妮的旅程结束时,我们两个人还有4天“计划外”的空闲时间。尽管她已经和其他人预订了行程,但她还是特意为这些额外的时间安排了额外的行程,包括住宿和交通指南。
我们的旅程充满了“美好的回忆”。其中就包括和安妮一起度过的4天。
“再见,安妮!” 期待再次相见。