Day 7 – Dingle
This morning when we opened our patio door, we were greeted by the three chickens of the yard who decided to hang out at our room. We also had a visit from Rue the very intelligent resident dog, who brought rocks into our room for us to throw for him to fetch. After a great…
Day 6 – Kenmare to Dingle
On Wednesday we said goodbye to Janie and Sallyport House. Before we left Janie took a moment to take Michelle on a search for nettles, a plant with small needles that sting like a jelly fish so we knew what to look for. Before we hit the road we headed into Kenmare for some shopping….
Day 5 – Kenmare (Beara Penninsula)
Tuesday we toured the Beara Penninsula south of Kenmare. Our first stop was the Uragh Stone Circle, situated on a hill overlooking a lake and a waterfall. Someone had constructed some sort of offering at the stones. As it was in the middle of a farmer’s field, it was also surrounded by sheep poop. The…
Day 4 – Kenmare (Killarney National Park)
Monday we were supposed to take a boat trip to an island with monastic ruins, but the seas were too rough and they canceled the trip. Instead we decided to visit Killarney National Park. When we stopped at an overlook, we were surprised to find a doe and fawn below the overlook and got some…
Tips for viewing photos in posts
The built in photo gallery for our website template doesn’t work exactly like we want, but we can’t change it easily, so here are some tips that may not be obvious: Right under the line of small pictures is a small rectangle that is a slightly different color than the background (not sure why the…
Day 3 – Dublin to Kenmare
We picked up our rental car early Sunday morning and with much anxiety set out on the other side of the road. It was a diesel that gets 45 mpg, which is good since fuel costs the equivalent of about 7 US dollars per gallon. Before we started, and at every intersection, we would say…
Days 1 & 2 – Dublin
Michelle had a root canal right before we left that got infected and caused her whole face to swell. Luckily it has gotten much better, and hopefully we’ll have no issues over here. We arrived in Dublin 7am local time on Friday. It was COLD (in the 40′s and windy). Our room wasn’t ready for…
Our next trip: IRELAND! Coming Soon.
In celebration of our 20 year wedding anniversary this year we are heading to IRELAND (plus LONDON). We talked about it at 10 years, and then again at 15 years, and decided (without much time to spare) that if we didn’t just go ahead and do it we would still be talking about it at…