Blarney Castle Gardens

Surrounding the Blarney Castle are acres of immaculately tended gardens which would take a whole day to explore.
Stayed at the Blarney Woollen Mills which would definitely recommend.
Blarney Woollen Mills

Stayed here last night..very nice.. had authentic Italian pizza for tea, and made friends with the owner, a lovely girl from Turin.
Driving along..

Bantry House

Another stately home that has been opened to the public.
County Kerry

Muckross House

A stately home now owned by the government. Beautifully maintained but not extremely exciting.
Camp

Annascaul

Overnighting in a little town called Annascaul.
Patcheens Pub in Annascaul

Guinness beef stew for tea tonight! Poor Dani will be making do with a chicken burger.
Oh, with Bulmers Cider!
On our way again... Dingle

Dingle

Ventry

Slea head

We took a long drive along a very scenic coast road, it was just spectacular. We also encountered a little rain.. we've been very lucky with the weather so f.
Ballyferriter

Dingle

Bunratty Castle

The Creamery Bar, Bunratty

Tea time again!
Cliffs of Moher

Sadly, we finally hit bad weather today and the cliffs were shrouded in mist...
Doolin Pier

If you look really really closely you can see the cliffs on the left hand side 😉.
Shannon Airport

Off to Edinburgh now.. plane is a bit smaller than we expected.
Touchdown in Edinburgh

Nice smooth flight and we just landed in Edinburgh
Checking out the local neighbourhood

Edinburgh Castle

Looks pretty amazing from outside!
And very neat from inside too!
Edinburgh Walking Tour

2.5 hours walking around the old city.. very cool! Our tour guide was excellent. Here are some pictures taken around the Royal mile.
Interesting story about the heart shaped stones in the thirdRead more
Double Dead Ghost Tour

Another couple of hours walking around the city. This time on a Ghost Tour of Edinburghs Underground City and Cemetery.. Not as scary as we'd hoped. But ok.