Arrival in Ennis

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The flight from London was pretty cloudy, but when we descended into Shannon airport, the clouds broke to reveal misty green fields. Just how I imagined it! The bus ride to Ennis was spectacular--past colourful cottages and houses, past the Shannon estuary, where the sun brok through in a few places, bathing bits of the water and fields in that golden sun of late afternoons.

I wandered around Ennis a bit in the evening (it really didn't take long, but it's such a charming place, with narrow winding streets). By 8:30pm, I was ready to go to sleep, but the South Africans in my room at the hostel convinced me to go out for a bite to eat, and to listen to some live music. I don't think they realized that I had just arrived off the plane.

By 10:30pm, we had made friends with a local couple, the music was great, and the Guinness was tasty. It was a fantastic first night in Ireland.

Today I'm off to Doolin for three nights, to see the Cliffs of Moher and the Burren.

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