Cliff

I'm reminded that one of the MAJOR things I love about travel is meeting new people and having the most fun conversations with people.

Tonight's reminder is Cliff. Cliff works for Easirent which is a European rental car company. If one Googles Easirent one would find negative reviews galore. However my experience with Easirent both in Edinburgh and here in Shannon was amazing.

Cliff was hilarious to me. From the moment I called him when I couldn't locate the office (correct. I couldn't find the Easirent office....more on that in a moment) to the moments he said the following:

"We're actually in the Shannon Springs Hotel."
"So you're close eh?"
"I'll be out in the back in a pink shirt."
"No. It's a salmon shirt." (This was the line that cracked me up the most. Once he said this, I knew I had found a like-minded Irishman)

.....Cliff was, as I said, hilarious.

He was mesmerized by the Volvo we had been driving:

"Did you get the R Design because of the specs or the performance? This is nice. I haven't seen one of these yet." (If you're keeping score at home: I needed whatever car was an automatic. It turns out the Volvo was super sleek and cool. And fast.)

So, straight up, the Easirent office was in the hotel. And not just an office in the hotel....an old room in the hotel converted to "an office." No pictures of this beauty, I'm afraid.

Cliff offered to give me a ride back to the hotel which was really cool of him. He mentioned earlier that he drove a Fiat after I told him I drove a pickup.

When it came time to take me back(after a thorough 18 second check of the vehicle and a 19 second check out process) he decided to take me back in the Volvo. My only regret is that the hotel wasn't further away....only a half mile.

He shared that he used to work with autistic children but needed to do something different. He is from Limerick and been in Shannon for five weeks. He likes working at Easirent because the people are nice and he gets to drive a bunch of different vehicles.

It was just a fun conversation with a cool Irishman that looked more like a grunge era American.