"i guess to see the best of any country you need to see it in glorious sunshine certainly not rain."

I was in Ireland on a visit at one point, and driving from Belfast to Dublin. I remember feeling something was wrong, and feeling dissatisfied. After a bit it hit me that the countryside didn't feel right, and the reason was because there had been a long drought and the countryside was brown and green, like my native south Ontario in the summer. It didn't feel right for Ireland. Once I figured that out, back to the good times.