Thursday, April 10, 2008

Driving and More Castles

It was another day of winding roads, rain followed by bright blue skies, and then back to storms. Beauty around every bend, and then the panic of more trucks racing at you.
Our hotel last night more acurately described as a manor house was beautiful, and the post reveals the fun we had in the bar. The new picture on the blog is complement of the ring of Dingle. We drove around this large peninsula and managed to catch the sun setting from the farthest western point in Ireland. The views were beyond stunning. Even the video function on the camera's can not capture the magnitude of what we were able to see. I can only tell you that it was one of those moments which will not soon be forgotten.

Today we drove up the shore/coast of the Shannon River seeing a continued mix of the old and the new Ireland. Our destination was the city of Bunratty and teh Bunratty castle, folk park, and later tonight the Bunratty castle Medieval Banquet.

Thanks to our Lovely host at the bed and breakfast we have some access to the internet, and that means we can update you on all of our adventure.

We have some great pictures to share with all of you. Many of them are street signs, as we have enjoyed some laughs at trying to understand what the pictures are telling us. We have learned to read a good number of streets sign in Gaelic.
Go Mall- Slow
Go Mall Aire- we assume to mean very slower or slower.
We found a book at the B&B that gives the actual meaning. I think some of our are better.

The food continues to be superb. T has taken to Jameson and tea, while Rita continues to enjoy pints. The Banquet tonight has wine, and I think we will enjoy that too.

Well, that's it for now. Update you more later.

2 comments:

Molly / Jim said...

GREAT picture! We are so glad that you are both having so much fun!

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