April 2025 I had an overnight flight from Charlotte to London before meeting my mom, friend Liv, and Liv’s husband, Colin, at Dublin Airport Friday morning. We picked up our rental—a 9-seater Sprinter van for the six of us and all our bags—and immediately set off south (slowly, as driving on the opposite side of the road takes some adjustment) toward Kilkenny Castle, stopping for lunch at a quaint spot called Canvas Cafe along the way. Arriving in Kilkenny, we parked our van