Here are some pictures from our time in Ireland. We spent one day in Dublin and found it to be a dirty and confusing city. There was actual human poop on the sidewalk a couple times, and we wandered for about an hour and a half trying to find the Guiness factory. Not our favorite part of the trip, although the factory was pretty interesting, and we got free beer :)
Yes, Carole actually tried the beer...how can you be in Ireland and not drink free Guinness?? But it still tasted like beer!
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Then we took the train up to Killarney, in County Kerry. It is on the west coast of Ireland, and incredibly beautiful country. We visited Killarney National Park, Ross Castle, and drove some VERY narrow roads out to stay in a fantastic bed and breakfast on the coast. Some bumps along the road included a minor ding to the passenger mirror (someone didn't believe he was really that close to the rock face on the side of the road) and a flat tire. But all in all it was one of our favorite parts of the trip. The driving was insane, under the advice of the guidebook we drove the opposite way on the loop that the tour buses are required to go, which meant we didn't spend a lot of time following large groups of tourists, but did mean we had to pass large buses on roads that would only qualify as sidewalks in the states, while driving on the "wrong" side of the road. Made for some white knuckles and lots of nervous laughter! After leaving the coast we completed the loop and went on to see a sheep-herding demonstration.
Ross Castle...built in the 1400's!
Muckross Abby in Killarney Nat'l Park
Killarney Nat'l Park
Our B&B on the coast (the smaller building behind the main one was our cottage, can't wait to go back!) The last night in Ireland we stayed in a hostel...good experience, won't do it again! It was loud, bare bones and "aged" we decided we are more hotel and B&B people!
We had hoped to go out on a boat trip to the Skellig Rocks (You can almost see them to the left side of the picture on the horizon) to see puffins, but as you can tell the seas were VERY rough that morning so the boats weren't running. Guess we'll have to go back!
Cailyn was not a fan of the sheep, she screamed every time they came close! Smart girl, some of them were biters :)
The sheep-herding was amazing, the dogs just go out and do their thing. This farm has 3000 acres and 1000 sheep, so there is no way the farmer can do it without the dogs. The red on the sheep is a kind of paint that they use to mark which sheep are theirs, kind of like a semi-permanent brand.
There were O'Connors everywhere! Maybe some long-lost relatives?
Yes, Carole actually tried the beer...how can you be in Ireland and not drink free Guinness?? But it still tasted like beer!
St. Patrick's CathedralThen we took the train up to Killarney, in County Kerry. It is on the west coast of Ireland, and incredibly beautiful country. We visited Killarney National Park, Ross Castle, and drove some VERY narrow roads out to stay in a fantastic bed and breakfast on the coast. Some bumps along the road included a minor ding to the passenger mirror (someone didn't believe he was really that close to the rock face on the side of the road) and a flat tire. But all in all it was one of our favorite parts of the trip. The driving was insane, under the advice of the guidebook we drove the opposite way on the loop that the tour buses are required to go, which meant we didn't spend a lot of time following large groups of tourists, but did mean we had to pass large buses on roads that would only qualify as sidewalks in the states, while driving on the "wrong" side of the road. Made for some white knuckles and lots of nervous laughter! After leaving the coast we completed the loop and went on to see a sheep-herding demonstration.
Ross Castle...built in the 1400's!
Muckross Abby in Killarney Nat'l Park
Killarney Nat'l Park
Our B&B on the coast (the smaller building behind the main one was our cottage, can't wait to go back!) The last night in Ireland we stayed in a hostel...good experience, won't do it again! It was loud, bare bones and "aged" we decided we are more hotel and B&B people!
We had hoped to go out on a boat trip to the Skellig Rocks (You can almost see them to the left side of the picture on the horizon) to see puffins, but as you can tell the seas were VERY rough that morning so the boats weren't running. Guess we'll have to go back!
Cailyn was not a fan of the sheep, she screamed every time they came close! Smart girl, some of them were biters :)
The sheep-herding was amazing, the dogs just go out and do their thing. This farm has 3000 acres and 1000 sheep, so there is no way the farmer can do it without the dogs. The red on the sheep is a kind of paint that they use to mark which sheep are theirs, kind of like a semi-permanent brand.
There were O'Connors everywhere! Maybe some long-lost relatives?
1 comment:
Well all of us agree he was a little close to the ROCKS!! John wants specific names on who was driving when the wall was hit! LOL I think we may just refer our Blog friends to your blog very impressive! We also can't wait to go back to the B&B for a little puffin viewing!
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