The keener among you may have noticed that we posted
the remainder of our Ireland pictures on Monday night. That's 5 more sets of pictures — but towards the end there aren't too many per set because we were getting tired of the whole touring and taking pictures thing. I'll try to wrap everything up here, but if it gets too long I'll just split it out and save the rest for Friday.
Before we left I had to take the opportunity to show you
the view from our bathroom.
Starting out from Kenmare, (where I plan to retire) we took the stretch of road that we had avoided the previous day — thus landing us in the Gap of Dunloe,
thank god — through Killarney National Park, up the western coast, and then eventually to a BnB just a short drive from the Cliffs of Moher. Oddly, we didn't see a single animal other than birds in the National Park.
In KNP we were nearly killed when a tractor-trailer came thundering down the road toward us and we passed each other on a narrow bridge with what I can in all honesty estimate as about 6 inches of spare space to share between the walls of the bridge, our car, and the truck; and then immediately after pulled over into a parking lot to catch our breath and let the adrenaline pass. While we were stopped, we saw a sign for a nature trail and decided to go for a short hike. It was there that we saw the most beautiful waterfall I've ever seen, though I've never been to Niagara and in all honesty haven't seen many waterfalls in person. I took the opportunity to take some long-exposure shots further downstream, and at least one of them
turned out pretty well. There were a few other couples there as well, and we got a few shots of us
without arms outstretched to hold the camera. I would estimate that
the path (we did the yellow trail) was about a mile and a half long, and it had more awesome views and I peed in the woods. (In Ireland!)
Between KNP and the Cliffs of Moher there wasn't a whole lot to see or do, and as it turned out our path back toward Dublin over the next few days would be much the same. We ended up getting pretty familiar with Irish radio, and in particular we liked
RTE 2FM, and
Nikki Hayes and
Rick O'Shea – who I picture as more of an Irish 80's Seinfeld look based on his voice. I don't know what it was, but there was a certain charm to the radio there, and I quite liked it. (I also found out about the
Plain White T's, who are
good excellent)
When we got to our BnB one of the owners recommended we go see the Cliffs of Moher that afternoon because it would be rainy and foggy the next day. It was foggy and rainy already, but I'm glad we did because it was far worse the next day.
The
pictures aren't as dramatic because you can't get very close to the edge. This place was much more touristy than the cliffs we saw on the Ring of Skelleg (in my previous Ireland post), so I'm sure there is at least one person who has fallen off.
I think that's enough for one day. Next time: The Burren, Galway — maybe more.
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