Photo gallery: Obama goes to Europe

The U.S. president pops into Ireland for a beer, England for a state dinner with the Queen

<p>U.S. President Barack Obama toasts with first lady Michelle Obama in Ollie Hayes Pub in Obama&#8217;s ancestral home in Moneygall May 23, 2011. Obama sipped a pint of stout and cuddled babies on Monday as a tiny Irish village on Monday welcomed home &#8220;a long lost cousin&#8221; with an outpouring of affection. Hoisting a glass of Guinness at Ollie Hayes pub as fiddle music played, Obama thus began a four-nation tour of Europe with a celebration of his ancestral roots. REUTERS/Maxwell&#8217;s/Pool</p>

U.S. President Barack Obama toasts with first lady Michelle Obama in Ollie Hayes Pub in Obama’s ancestral home in Moneygall May 23, 2011. Obama sipped a pint of stout and cuddled babies on Monday as a tiny Irish village on Monday welcomed home “a long lost cousin” with an outpouring of affection. Hoisting a glass of Guinness at Ollie Hayes pub as fiddle music played, Obama thus began a four-nation tour of Europe with a celebration of his ancestral roots. REUTERS/Maxwell’s/Pool