Eyre Square

A fun little area in the heart of Galway. The arts festival is going on now. The Irish truly use their parks and grass areas for relaxation. Love it!
You do have to pay to use the public toilets. Weもっと詳しく
13 Merchant Rd Airbnb

Our airbnb in Galway was in a great location! Easy walking to Eyre Square and The Latin Quarter. Our hostess, Marie, was very sweet. A talker and a hugger. The accommodations were so cute andもっと詳しく
Travel day Dingle to Galway

Alan Barnes picked us up at 8am for our very packed day. He went over our day with us as we left Dingle. The weather report the night before said terrible, terrible rain for our drive. Alan had evenもっと詳しく
Cafe Hazel Mountain

We made it just in time for a pop into the chocolate shop for a homemade dessert. No time to tour the factory unfortunately. But we were fine with that. On our way to the chocolate factory, we ranもっと詳しく
The Burren

On our travels from Dingle to Galway, we drove through The Burren. It’s a karst landscape of bedrock incorporating a vast cracked pavement of glacial-era limestone, with cliffs and caves, fossils,もっと詳しく
Burren Perfumery

I was excited for this stop. But dang, everything was so expensive. I understand, as all the perfumes and lotions are made there, using floral and fauna of The Burren. The gardens were nice to walkもっと詳しく
Natural spring water and donkeys

Alan stopped and had us bring our water bottles into this small stone enclosure. It was a natural spring full of the "freshest water we will ever taste."
It was very cold and refreshing!
Across theもっと詳しく
O'Connor's Pub Doolin

We stopped in Doolin for lunch. Weird experience ordering food. There was some unrest amongst the workers. And our guy was not too knowledgeable on the menu, the beers, or the restaurant in general.もっと詳しく
Kilkee Cliffs

Instead of Cliffs of Moher, which are over crowded, cost money, and over photographed, we viewed the Cliffs of Kilkee. Stunning!
As you can see, our weather has done nothing but improve. It'sもっと詳しく
Snacks to keep the hanger away

We stopped to get Sara a snack, as the hanger was setting in. The restaurant was known as the last place to get a sandwich before New York.
The area was cute, with historical things to occupyもっと詳しく
Bridge of Ross

Our first stop was The Bridge of Ross. There used to be 3 natural land bridges here. But one collapsed. It was a magnificent area. The rocks, the colors, all the flowers. So beautiful.
Also, theもっと詳しく
Tarbert Ferry

We took a ferry from Tarbert to Killimer, across The River Shannon, to shave about 2 hours from our drive time.
Very quick and efficient! 21 minutes.
The sky is starting to clear!
Dingle Peninsula Tour

We took an all day (9:30am to 4pm) tour around Dingle Peninsula today. Our driver's name was Rory, and, we found out, he was a bit hung over. Had "racks" of pints watching the game yesterday. Ha! Heもっと詳しく
Nelizan's Bar Dingle

We had nasty pizza at this cool local pub. We thought there was going to be dancers...and there was. But not regular dancing. It was Irish Square Dancing kind of. Pretty fun!
Mom and I played cards,もっと詳しく
Connor Pass - again

We drove it again. What a different view today! Wow! Rory also gave us a taste of driving down the pass. Yikes. One way with pull outs.
Old church

The ruins of an old church from 600 B.C.E.
Beautiful! We saw an old sun dial, a Contract Stone (they did marriage agreements by sticking their fingers through the hole and agreeing to bond) writtenもっと詳しく
Cosan Chuas na Nae beach

Another beautiful beach. We drove here after we drove by the location where the fight scene between Luke and Kylo Ren in one of the many, many Star Wars films was filmed. The Last Jedi? Rory actuallyもっと詳しく
Kruger's Pub

We stopped here for lunch. This is the pub that Rory watched the game at and "crawled" the 200 meters home.
Food was decent for pub food. View was excellent! Service was great. You only need to be 14もっと詳しく
Ionad an Bhlascaoid (museum)

This is another OPW site, so we used our Horizon cards for free entry.
The museum is all about the inhabitants of The Blasket Islands. If you recall from yesterday's tour, this is the island thatもっと詳しく
Dunquin Pier

This used to be an old sheep path. Now it is a path that silly tourists think they can drive on, and then get stuck.
Also, off this Pier is where a Spanish Armada ship sunk.
Coumeenole Beach

This was such a beautiful beach. The water was so pretty. Our driver, Rory, swims here most days with his son. We took our shoes off and walked the beach, feeling the sand beneath our toes. The sunもっと詳しく
Hold a lamb and Beehive Huts

We stopped here to hold a lamb. Awe! So sweet! Till you remember that they are simply raised for meat. Poor lamb. But dang, I do love lamb stew!
When they sheer sheep, they toss, bury or burn theもっと詳しく
Dingle Day 2

Day 2 was pretty relaxed, well, after the awesome boat ride!
Cory made is breakfast before our trip. Delish as always. The breakfast sausage has a different flavor and texture. Cory doesn't care forもっと詳しく
Foxy John's Pub

I was kissed by a local. Mom kissed the local when he left. County Kerry won the match, and our Irish Coffee was delish. Never drank at a hardware store before.
Out of the Blue

This restaurant was highly rated and you have to make reservations months in advance. The food was great. The service was sub-par. And not that I need to see people dressed fancy, but when you areもっと詳しく
An Island I cannot pronounce

This part the water was way more intense. The squalls were 13 feet or more. Thank God we had an experienced captain!
The view was so worth it. We went in Black Bay and saw 2 islands that I can'tもっと詳しく
旅行者
What a cute waitress! I hope you tipped her well 😉
旅行者Okay, these were absolutely the best Irish coffees. A lot of activity in Galway. Lots of fun ahead.