Ireland: As it began, so shall it end...

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It was 10 years ago when I really started to travel. I had been a few places before then but it was my first trip to Ireland that really started my desire-----no, my NEED----to travel. Fast forward 10 years and nearly 40 countries later and here I am, taking what will probably be my last trip for quite some time. You see, I am embarking on a new kind of adventure now and I am more excited about this one than any that came before: Lorena and I found out just a week before we left that we are expecting our first child.

I think that there's a nice symmetry in the fact that it all started with Ireland and now it all ends with Ireland------kind of like a nice set of bookends...

JWB

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Photos

The Dingle Peninsula
Lorena at Ventry

The Dingle Peninsula
Dunbeg Fort

The Dingle Peninsula
Fahan Beehive Huts

The Dingle Peninsula
Gallarus Oratory

The Dingle Peninsula
Kilmalkedar Church

The Dingle Peninsula
View from The Conor Pass

The Dingle Peninsula
Walk along Dingle Harbor

The Dingle Peninsula
Dingle Harbor

The Dingle Peninsula
Dingle Harbor

The Dingle Peninsula
Dingle Harbor

Inch Strand
On the Dingle Peninsula

Staigue Fort
On the Ring of Kerry. We drove it but it was raining so hard that day that you couldn't see more than about 100 meters...

Lorena and Mason
At Lissyclearig Thatched Cottage B&B near Kenmare

Kenmare
Me at the Stone Circle in Kenmare Town

Ladies View
Near Killarney