Ireland Part 2

So where did I leave off?? Right…

Day 4:

We started off the day sort of early and we went to Ross Castle right after breakfast (it is just outside of Killarney). It was really rainy on that day, and we were all wet, and cold, so we didn’t do much exploring, but that didn’t stop us from the carriage ride. The man that we had as our tour guide was really fun and he told us a ton of information about Muckross Abbey (the place where we had the tour, just 30min from the castle) my fingers almost couldn’t move though because we were so cold. After that we drove around a lot of the Ring of Kerry, and saw the ocean for the first time! It was beautiful, although I will admit that I had a nap for part of the ride though. When we turned onto this one road though we were all awake. It was a one lane road with a 100km/h speed limit (don’t worry, we didn’t go nearly that fast) we also got into a “Sheep Jam” where there were 4 sheep on the road. When they started running, all of the sheep in the field also started running, that was a good laugh! Finally we ended up back in Killarney (after some German studyingJ), where we stopped at an Irish pub and had some real Irish music, it was sooo much fun.

P and E getting ready for the rain

The Ross Castle

M and A, ready for the wet!

Our horse from the carriage ride.

Muckross Abbey



L'il Bro and E walking to the waterfall at
Muckross

The waterfall

This was just on mountain in the Ring of Kerry

The Ocean for the first time on this trip!

Day 5:

We were up early once more, by this point we were all getting a little bit tired out. We were supposed to do a tour of this Monastery Island, but the weather didn’t cooperate and we couldn’t get there, so we drove around the Dingle Pennisula instead. Our first stop was the ocean. We went to this beautiful beach where some of us went into the water and the rest of us played in the sand. (Not swimming though, it was a little cold for that, and we didn’t have out swim suits). Then we stopped at the city of Dingle, which was nice, and then to the Beehive huts. We also stopped at this one point where L’il Bro and I walked out to the end and got to see the power of the ocean. It was Beautiful!! We ended up in a city called Tralee for supper, which was good, because we hadn’t anticipated Limerick to be quite so far away as we had thought. When we got there we collapsed into bed and didn’t wake up until the morning.



These are Ogham stones, they have some of the first forms
of writing on them. They were lines carved into the side.



The Ocean again!



All of us at the beach

P and me playing in the ocean!

L'il Bro and the Penguin at the Dingle Aquarium

Dingle



The Beehive Huts

All of us at the Beehive Huts

L'il Bro at the end of the pathway

Me at the end of the pathway

Day 6:

We had a lazy morning, and by that I mean we went and had breakfast and then had a nap before doing anything! We walked into Limerick, because we were all in need of a walking day, instead of being stuck in the car the whole time. We stopped by the Frank McCourt museum because we had all read or seen the movie “Angela’s Ashes” it was really fun, our guide was knowledgeable and gave us a nice tour. We then stopped at a candy store where they let us try candy that was sooo sour that my mouth hurts thinking about it even now. We wandered around Limerick for the rest of the afternoon and then back to the hotel. It was our restful day, and we were still all exhausted by the end of it!

The museum

E as the teacher from the Frank McCourt museum



L'il Bro at the candy store,
they were really really sour

L'il Bro, E and P in Limerick

Shadows of Me, L'il Bro, E and P

P's First pint, he was excited because he wasn't driving that day!

Day 7:

Once again we were out and about not too early. We started the day with a run around the toy store next to our hotel and then went on to the Cliffs of Moher. They were so fantastic, it is hard to do them justice even by showing pictures. Probably the best advice I can give is go see them yourself. We walked and walked on those cliffs, and also took about a zillion photographs, because everywhere that you stopped there was a slightly different view to see and you had to grab one. We got back in the car and saw some ancient crosses and also an old burial ground before heading to Galway, which we stayed in very shortly due to traffic, and instead stopped somewhere else on the way to Dublin for some Chinese food. By this point I think I can safely say that everyone was tired of Irish pub food. Then we made it to Dublin and got into our hostel, which was purple, so I immediately liked it!

Teddy on the way to the Cliffs, he was there
the whole time, he just stayed out of the rain

The Cliffs of Moher

L'il Bro and E taking a look and a picture at the cliffs



They were absolutely beautiful and the weather was the best
for taking pictures!!

We got a really nice lady to take this pic of all
of us!



The Burial ground thing, it was really cold there, so we didn't
stay too long.

I think I’ll stop here and actually get some homework done as school does start tomorrow and I haven’t really looked at it since the break started! I promise I will get up the rest of Ireland and the trip with Gma and Auntie B before the end of the week.

Hope everyone is having a great time!

Tiny & Teddy