Blogs from Donegal, County Donegal, Ireland, Europe - page 4

As my time on this island draws to a close, I have been jamming in as much sightseeing as possible. With only one weekend night to spare, I was insistent on heading to see the best of the West. Taking stock of local opinion, Adam and I headed to Donegal, long famous for its amazing scenery and a region about which the Irish frequently boast. Donegal town itself, only a few hours west of Belfast, is not the major drawcard of the region. Although it's a very pleasent town, it's the nearby coastal scenery that's breath-taking. A short drive from Donegal are the Slieve-League cliffs. These cliffs are 300m high and there's an almost sheer drop into the Atlantic Ocean below. Unfortunately, the day we visited was cold, somewhat foggy and rather windy. Climbing to the ... read more

well hello! Patri and I just got home, we left early yesterday morning with pablo, claudia and jorge for Donegal. I now know that brazilians speak portugese, not spanish or... brazilian. This is good! And it was neat, hearing the two languages (spanish and portugese), because theyre so alike but at the same time, not. Donegal is in the northern area of the republic of ireland, and we managed to go through north ireland (the UK) for about an hour. we had a pub lunch in elliskenny. Or.. some town of a name like that, haha! So many of the names here are of very very bizarre spelling, and even harder to pronounce. its madness. I´ve been meaning to write since last sunday, when me & whitney from work went on a day tour to the ... read more

Hope this works, cos its the first time i have done a blog. Tis fingers watts 'ere, well we had the most amazing day in Skye today with our very own destinations expert..Lynne McClarinetMcReedMcTwopuddingswoodhouse! Well it was truly wonderful...every corner, brow of hill a fantastic vista and it didnt matter that the mist hung low, the rain fell, the sun shone, the rainbows appeared, the rivers and waterfalls fell and we had a fab meal...now on our wat to Eire, Killybegs...thats a name to conjour with! Auds cousin is soming on to visit which will be lovely...and i am going to try to eat less tomorrow to make up for the huge plate of highland cassoulet I had today at Ergol....oh yes, the concert went pretty well tonight too...ooch ay to bed... read more

Hey Everyone, How's it going? Hope all is well at home. I've now been in Ireland for 2 weeks. The two nights we stayed in Dublin were a lot of fun. We left Dublin on the Firday morning to catch a bus to Bundoran. We had to catch the tram to the bus station and we couldn't find it so we asked a guy to direct us to the tram station. We thought we had found it cause the sign said Temporary Garda Station!!!! We all went in with our packs on and knocked on the window. A man with a uniform came to the window and Dana said we'd like to go to Busarus Station. He looked at us kinda wierd and said ok. I thought it was kinda wierd that he never told ... read more

Okay, first things first. We're sorry for dropping our last blog entry after we got back. However, when we returned from Ireland to our new home in Boston first things were also first, and those first things were things like moving and weddings and unfortunately not wrapping up our last blog entry. Anyway, when last you heard, we were about to leave Germany for Ireland... We loved Ireland. Loved, loved, loved it. It may have been the friendliest, most beautiful place we visited. The fact that the Irish speak English helped, but the green, sheep-studded landscapes, thousand foot sea cliffs, delicious Guiness, and world's greatest bed-and-breakfasts made us want to overstay our visas. It was almost not-that-great, however. Our plan, formulated in an Istanbul Internet cafe, was to land in Dublin at night, rent a car ... read more