American flies to Ireland for 'dream' trip but chaos unfolds before 10am
But Kevin got into difficulty when he landed after his rental car got a flat tyre after he travelled to the Cliffs of Moher. He admitted to fans that it was a 'chaotic' day trip.
He said: 'You might not believe me, but Ireland is a day trip from New York. My flight lands in Shannon at 6am and I fly back home at 2:30pm.'
After his six hour flight, Kevin posted that he was at the Cliffs of Moher.
'Good morning from the Cliffs of Moher. It is 8am and this feels like a dream breakfast with the view. So I lost track of time because I wanted to take in the cliffs and now it's 10am, which means I have just four hours until I have to head back to the airport. I don't know if I allotted myself enough time for this one.'
He posed with a cow in the background, saying: 'Top of the morning to you'.
Kevin then tried to travel to Dysart O Dae castle, which was 42 minutes away – however he was hit with a bump in the road and got a puncture on his rental car.
'So this is not the luck of the Irish, because I just got a flat tyre. I literally cannot believe this right now, it's my one day here. I'm not letting it ruin my last few hours here. I'm a believer that everything happens for a reason. Just rolling with it. There's nothing I can do.' Kevin Droniak in Ireland (Image: Instagram/kevindroniak)
But he then updated fans with an 'awkward moment' with a local.
'A really awkward moment just happened because that guy behind me, I thought he was a mechanic. He's just an ordinary guy parking his car. I literally went up to him and shook his hand and introduced myself. And he was like, 'Who are you?''
'I got the tyre fixed. It is 12pm now, so I have to hightail it to the airport. I made it back to the airport, and although today did not go as planned, I'd rather have a flat tyre in Ireland than sitting at home doing nothing, and I just got a shirt so I can always remember my most chaotic day trip.'
But his trip received mixed reaction from online fans. One person wrote: 'Intercontinental round trip for less than half a day on the ground. The planet thanks you I guess.'
Another wrote: 'This is wonderful but how do you afford all of this?'
Someone else said: 'Honest question: how do you justify how environmentally unfriendly are all these trips? Do you think it makes sense to not just do it but PROMOTE this form of travelling? Sure, we can all do it if we have money for it but…..should we? I believe we shouldn't and would like to know your honest view on this, thanks.'
Earlier this month, Kevin also took another solo day trip to Rome. In his Instagram video, Kevin says: 'You might not believe me but Italy is a day trip from New York and you're coming with me.' Kevin Droniak in Ireland (Image: Instagram/kevindroniak)
The ambitious traveller revealed that his flight from New York lands in Rome at 7:05am with his return flight at 7:05pm, claiming: 'I feel like that's more than enough time.'
Kevin added: 'My logic here is that I'm going to bed anyway tonight, so why not sleep on an eight hour flight and wake up in Italy?'
In the next shot, Kevin is in front of Rome's Colosseum at 9am on a sunny day in the Italian capital.
Next on the agenda is a look inside the ancient monument, where Kevin revealed: 'Last time I was here, I was 15 and I could not care less about history. But now I can appreciate it.'
The traveller then hops on a bike and sets off to explore the Appian Way, one of the world's earliest Roman roads, that connects the Italian capital with Brindisi in southern Italy.
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