Seemed to take a long time to finalise buying the van. In fact it was 10 days after arriving in Dublin before we finally took possession and it was a number of factors that caused that-----DON'T ever buy a van in Ireland because its complicated. Change of ownership and insurance requiring a irish resident coupled with a pretty incompetent dealer getting things ready meant we were only happy to complete the deal come the Friday and of course nobody in banks in Australia was working to process International Bank Transfers of funds over the weekend. We were really lucky to have a lend of Liz's cousin's 2nd car to do the that touring of the East Coast and then picking up the van. So the usual nervousness about spending a large amount of money but touch wood after another 10 days driving her around all seems to be going OK
