Our whirlwind week-long tour of south-western Ireland and Dublin began Monday evening… We found our way from the Dublin Airport towards Galway on the west coast, and settled into a little B&B in the country for our first night. We awoke to the sound of geese and an amazing Irish breakfast (very similar to the classic English breakfast, just replace black pudding with white pudding… Haha). We headed down the coast from Galway early, winding through “The Burrens” towards the Cliffs of Moher.
By 10am that morning I could without a doubt state that Ireland has more rocks than any other place on earth that I’ve ever seen. And trust me, I thought I knew rocks. When we were little, Papa used to gather the family out on the cabin-property in the mountains, and we would… Pick. Up. Rocks. Needless to say, we kids thought this was a fairly particular kind of torture. But we had no idea. Apparently our Irish ancestors had clearly fields of rocks down to a near science. For as far as the eye could see it was rock walls, containing fields, gardens, cattle, and houses… It was fairly impressive. Just about everything that could be made of rock was.
We got to the Cliffs of Moher by mid-morning, and within 10 minutes of our arriving the cloudy skies opened up into beautiful blue and sunshine (the first of our amazing weather luck for the trip!)… The cliffs were breath-taking to say the least. And mom and dad seemed to particularly enjoy the bird-watching. :)
The Cliffs of Moher!
AND… Then there is Carolyn… ;)
We took off from the cliffs and headed further south down the coast. We took the ferry at Killimer, and ended the day in a B&B just outside Tralee. We wondered down to the coast for seafood, pints, and an amazing sunset view of the Dingle Peninsula across the bay. :) I even achieved one of my personal goals for the trip: To stick my foot in this side of the Atlantic! :)
At the Bed and Breakfast (working farm) in Tralee!
Have I mentioned that my mother is just a little excited by cows… :P
Dingle Peninsula at sunset…
With Love from Ireland… –Mary Elizabeth <3
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