When we were in Galway we took a tour of the Cliffs of Moher. Des our driver kept us entertained with his jokes and commentary as he drove the bus. We stopped at the Poulnabrone Dolman and ancient burial place on the Burren. The Burren is a vast waterless plateau of limestone hills and countless colourful flowers.
We stopped at a sheep dog demonstration where the border collie herded the sheep. We had lunch at Doolin with a lady named Peggy who is from St John, NL and lives on the same street as Joanne. She also knows Doris.
The cliffs were gorgeous and very windy. There is an area where people walk along the top of the cliffs which is very treacherous and they are trespassing on private property. Nine people have fallen to their death this year from this area, and yet there are still people walking up there.
Yesterday we went to the Ring of Kerry. Our bus driver was not as talkative as Des was but the trip was great.
In Killarney you see regular cars, jaunting cars (horse driven carriages) and tour buses.
One spot we stopped at - The Valley of the hidden treasure- was so windy it was like we were in a hurricane, but we were high up in the mountain and looked down on the valley.
I will shorten this as my session is almost up. The day was intermitten rain and sun with low lying clouds over the mtns. We finished the day walking around the town centre looking at stores and pubs. We had dinner at a pub and returned to the B&B around 8:30.
All is well here. Nice sunny day today. I should have left my coat at the B&B but the weather is very unpredicable so it is hard to say what the day will be like.
Peggy
2 comments:
This is definitely the most interesting trip you guys have been on. At least everything I'm reading is very beautiful and interesting.
I should mention I've been following your travels as much as possible on Google. Although Street View isn't yet available in Ireland, I can see where you've been and people post their photos of their travels at key spots. Yes, Mohr is terrifyingly trecherous and I'm glad neither of you fell over. Imagine, 9 people dead already. Didn't they see the red and white triangular sign of the little man falling over the cliff?
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