Killarney National Park
13 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
A selection of wizened trees, craggy rocks, Killarney lakes and narrow roads from the national park. Some cars had to learn how to reverse in a hurry.
Dinner at the Arbutus Hotel
13 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Our scheduled dinner from tomorrow night, was moved to tonight. I’m happy with that seeing as I skipped lunch!
It was a lovely evening with great food and some fantastic entertainment. We had aЧитать далее
Scotts Hotel
13–15 авг. 2024, Ирландия ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
So here we are in Killarney. The town itself looks quite nice. As it turns out, Ireland doesn’t really have many major hotel chains. Instead, each hotel is independently owned. This hotel is quiteЧитать далее
Killarney
14 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
I decided to take a stroll this morning as my excursion for the day doesn’t start until 10:20am. Killarney is a nice town either way some interesting buildings and a very healthy nightlife. I knowЧитать далее
Jaunting Cart Ride
14 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Today’s outing was to Muckross House. Just getting there was half the fun! We took a Jaunting Cart ride through part of town and the National Park.
It was fabulous. We saw deer! Two differentЧитать далее
Ross Castle
14 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Our jaunting cart ride ended at Ross Castle. It’s quite picturesque. From here, we were taking boats across the lake, and they were quite small.
Boat ride!
14 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
The boat ride across the lake was fantastic. I was grateful to have the waterproof jacket Mum lent me, as the wind made things a bit chilly.
We saw some herons and swans as well as a few islands. OneЧитать далее
Muckross House - outside and gardens
14 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
We arrived at Muckross Housebwhich is just stunning. It’s so fortunate that it was donated as it is such a lovely historical site.
I also got to see my first kitty of the trip! Obviously a veryЧитать далее
Muckross House - inside
14 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Muckross House is amazing. I was speaking to one of the curators and they explained how they were very fortunate that it was donated in the way it was. Many houses are done up to look like what theyЧитать далее
Muckross House - inside - Part 2
14 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
There were so many fully furnished rooms on display, including the boudoir, Queen Victoria’s bedroom and even the kitchens.
The kitchens were much bigger than the ones we have today, but when youЧитать далее
Radharc na mBlascaoidi
15 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Don’t ask me how to pronounce the name of this lookout. We’re just up the road from Dingle, along roads that buses should not be on!
I took a photo of the sign so you can see what it’s supposedЧитать далее
The Blasket Centre
15 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
This was fascinating. The details in our itinerary weren’t very clear. This centre gives the history of the people who lived on the Blasket Islands right up until 1953. Those islands were what I wasЧитать далее
Lunch in Dingle
15 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Yes, that is the name of the town. Another cute little seaside town with brightly painted shops. Great seafood to be had here!
Dingle also had a dolphin that was regularly spotted hanging around theЧитать далее
Adare
15 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
This stop was promoted for its lovely thatched cottages. While there were several, it was a little bit of a let down. I thought the monastery was much more interesting, as were my bird friends! I alsoЧитать далее
A room with a view
15–16 авг. 2024, Ирландия ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
So far on this trip I thought I was doing well being on the lower levels of hotels - that way there weren’t many stairs. This time, at Clayton Hotel in Limerick, I’m on the 9th floor. That couldЧитать далее
Knappogue Castle Medieval Banquet
15 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
This was a lovely evening even though I had a terrible seat! I certainly cannot fault the quantity of food. Four courses did not leave us hungry. One couple in our party were nominated as a king andЧитать далее
Cliffs of Moher
16 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
I was very worried that there would be sea fog, but there wasn’t! These cliffs are quite spectacular.
Silly me put my foot down wrong on one of the stairs and felt my calf twinge, but I just tookЧитать далее
View from Corkscrew Hill
16 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
With a name like Corkscrew Hill, you can imagine what the road is like.
I hope the panoramic photo worked. I’m not very good at those.
The grey hills to the side are called The Burren. They areЧитать далее
Galway
16 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Galway was a great lunchtime stop. I really could do with a bit more time! I wandered through the Latin Quarter which had lovely shops and restaurants.
I also went to the Galway museum. Very wellЧитать далее
Galway buskers
16 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Galway had a huge variety of buskers. Lots of musical talent, with a variety of instruments. There was also a guy doing soccer tricks and another with puppets.
Harry’s Bar - Rosses Point
16 августа 2024 г., Ирландия ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
This was our evening excursion from Sligo. It was a lot of fun. A popular local pub that had been in the same family for six generations.
The entertainment was an older local man who wrote andЧитать далее
Radisson Blu - Sligo
16–17 авг. 2024, Ирландия ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Sligo was the home of WB Yeats, an Irish poet that I studied for my HSC. With the lovely surroundings here, I can understand why he’d be inspired.
Our hotel is quite nice, but there is a weddingЧитать далее
Derry - the Bogside
17 августа 2024 г., Северная Ирландия ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Wow. The amount of history I have learned this morning is incredible. Our tour director did an amazing job of setting us up so that we would understand what we saw when we reached Derry. Firstly, inЧитать далее
Derry walls
17 августа 2024 г., Северная Ирландия ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Once we stopped, I headed up on to the Derry Walls. The view is incredible.
The Tower Museum
17 августа 2024 г., Северная Ирландия ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
It’s quite a rainy day, so I thought a museum might be a good idea. I didn’t have time to see all of it, but the Story of Derry section was fascinating. It went from prehistoric times right intoЧитать далее