We were picked up at 9am by Gabriel with Paddywagon tours. Since it was just us we could pretty much do and stop where we wanted..he said I just know I am supposed to have you In Killarney between 5-6 pm...so off we went.
We decided to go right to the Cliffs of Moher since it was pretty clear and we should take advantage of the weather. The cliffs were beautiful..and we had amazing views..sorry I still cannot post photos here....when we arrived we asked grandmom Kelly to clear up things for us and bring the sun out...and she did just that.
Since everyone will rat me out I will make my confession now..on the way to the cliffs I had a strange thought..I do not remember putting the all important all knowing binder in my bag...when we got the the cliffs I let the driver know and he called the hotel....they found my binder! If you know how I plan a trip I would have been pretty much lost without the binder. Fortunately we had to almost drive back through Limerick to get to Adare so it was not far out of the way to stop at the hotel to pick up the binder..but I may not live it down for a while.
Mom hiked about half way..and the rest of us continued pretty far..A little more than an hour hike round trip..some pretty scary high cliffs and narrow walk ways..but definitely worth the hike...the weather is so nice we were all sweating by the time we came back.
We have been told by many people that we have been very lucky with the weather...very little rain and beautiful temps...
We left the cliffs and headed to what locals call the mini cliffs..In the barren...you could almost walk to the sea and as Maureen and I were by the water everyone else was on top of the cliffs..pretty cool...we have some great pictures..
We headed back toward Limerick..to get the all important binder...on the way we stopped at Bunratty Castle and had lunch at Durty Nellys..nice lunch of soup ..toasted sandwiches and of course Guiness. I had read alot about Bunratty but i did not think we could it in..Definate,y glad we did..we did not have to ego tour the castle but got an up lose view and took some photos. We bought some fresh be
Read at the farmers marketing local cheese from the cheese Monger.
We continued our trip..picked up the binder and onto Adare...Adare was a quick stop. It had a very irish feel to it... Small homes and shops with thatched roof which were very neat..we had a quick walk around town and a stop at the supermarket to get items for the house...Mike picked out a bottle of whiskey and we later realized that we were never charged for the bottle! bonus! Then on to killarney..we had about and and hour and a half drive...if was a quite drive as we were all pretty much worn out by this point.....lots of napping...
Next post... Our first night in Killarney....
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