It's a Little Known Fact

These are things we took note of while traveling.  Obviously, these aren't absolutes, but we saw them enough that I believe it's right.

Scotland:

• Speed limits and distances are in MPH and Miles, not km as expected
• The middle stripe on the road is white, so it's always a mystery if you're driving down a two-way road or a one-way road.  Lotsa fun. 
• Cheap to travel here - food and drink is inexpensive (especially scotch)
•  Foods readily available: Pub, Curry, Italian
• Haggis was on most menus
• Highways are called carriageways
• Exits off the carriageways had countdowns by having signs with 3 slashes, then 2 slashes, and then 1 slash right before the exit.  Same with decreased speed limits.
• Traffic lights turn red, then yellow, then green
• Lotsa Roundabouts
• Many parking spots on the sides of the motorways and carriageways
• Roads are well signed and organized
• Pop 80's music is popular
• Many whiskey choices, but not much in the way of beer/wine
• Tipping is not a thing - only if you get superb service
• Due to no tipping - 99% of places you get a table, then walk up to the bar to order.  They don't come to you.
• Amazing dairy products - ice cream and butter - YUM
• Toilets flush weird... can't explain it - would have to witness it.  
• In June it's light a LOT.  dark after 11 and light around 3 AM.
• Very similar flora to Oregon and Washington
• Tattoos are popular
• Showers have "instant hot power showers" attached to them...  they're generally NOT "powerful" to American standards.  I can't image what it would be like without the power showers.
• Businesses/coffee shopes/ gas stations don't open early - plan on waiting until 9 in most small towns.
• They recycle
• Barware matches contents.  Guinness in a Guinness glass, Coors Light in a Coors light glass, etc.
• They don't believe it toilet roll holders unless you're in a commercial building
• No power outlets in bathrooms - maybe a power outlet for an electric shaver, which has a different plug style.

Ireland:

• Narrow roads - really narrow off the main highways - basically one lane width, but it's a two-lane road.
•  They use KM and KM/H
• More expensive than Scotland to eat/drink
• Same exit marking as Scotland has (slashes as you near the exit)
• Signs are in 2 languages: Irish and English.  As you get to smaller towns, many are in Irish only.
• You can listen to Irish speaking radio stations
• There are 100 K/hr speed limits which there is no way in heck you'd be able to go above 40.
• The middle stripe on the road is white, so it's always a mystery if you're driving down a two-way road or a one-way road - just like Scotland, except narrower.
• Late starts, like Scotland.  Even a 10K race started at 2 PM
• They recycle, but not as heavily as Scotland
• Tipping isn't expected here either
• Good dairy, but I think Scotland has them beat.
• Tattoos are popular here too
•  No toilet roll holders here either.
• Power outlets aren't in the bathrooms here either
• There is a wallaby hopping around the Dublin airport - i don't care what people say.

People were lovely in both countries.  We truly enjoyed this trip.