Blogs from County Donegal, Ireland, Europe - page 9

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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

The Killarney National Park was absolutely beautiful. Minutes after we posted our last entry, we headed over for a hike around the park. We saw amazing views of the Lakes & mountains & walked down to the Lower Lake to sit by the water. We were enjoying a snack while sitting on a log by the edge of the lake when a dark cloud started moving towards us & bringing some light rain with it. We bundled up into our rain jackets & hunkered down waiting for the rain to pass, but soon realized it wasn't going to stop as we got pellted by larger & larger rain drops. We had about a mile & a half walk into town with not much cover in between. By the time we made our way into a ... read more

When you think of Ireland, you picture rolling green hills, stone walls, etc. Basically what you picture is Inis Mor. I arrived on the island (the largest of the three islands that make up the Aran Islands, and also the most popular) on Thursday with three of my friends at about 11:30am. The sun was shining, it was warm (hot even) and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. It was basically perfect. After unloading our stuff at our hostel we decided it would be best to rent bikes (seeing as the island is only 9 miles by 2 miles) as opposed to taking one of the very cute (yet rather pricy) horse drawn carriages, or one of the numerous ‘tour buses’ (which cost the same as a bike). After paying our ten euros, choosing our ... read more

Wow, its a busy week! Actually it would be if I got around to doing anything. As it is, my head is just busy, but nothing is getting done So here I am in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal - up in the north-west of Ireland. Letterkenny originated as a small fishing village and has grown to be the largest town in the north west. Strange then, that they don't have a fishmongers ... Anyway, as the tourism website for the town states, "Come and stay for a night, a weekend or a week and we know that you will be back for a longer period and more often!". Catchy slogan, eh? I really think that site could do with some work done to it, it's little wonder there's a serious lack of tourists around here, apart from ... read more