Little bit of Ireland & even less of London

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We actually spent a good couple of months in Ireland, but only did a little bit of touristing (new word, thanks Garry!).

We rented a car for a few days and headed south west to Co Clare and Limerick. We spent a few nights in a small town called Doolin, and while there we checked out the Cliffs of Moher. We got our first glimpse of the cliffs which are pretty impressive. By the time we got to the next lookout platform, in typical irish fashion, the fog had come in pretty thick and fast and we could barely see 1m in front of us, as you can see from the pic's the cliffs had totally disappeared. But at least we saw them, a lot of people arrived just after us and didn't see a thing. We also took a day trip out to the Aran Islands, Inis Mor. We took a bus tour around the island which was great. Its the typical rural Ireland that people imagine all of Ireland to be like. From there we headed down to Limerick and spent our time getting lost on the back roads around Bunratty Castle! We don't really have many photos from Ireland but we thought we'd just post some for these few days.

As for London, we spent a few days doing the touristy sights there. We managed to get lucky and get some amazingly cheap ryanair flights, and had some lovely friends who put us up, thanks Nic & Matt for the place to stay! We put a few photos up of all the things we checked out but definitely worth going back for a longer holiday there.

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Photos

Cliffs of Moher
1st Glimpse

2nd Glimpse of the Cliffs
apparently they are in the back ground somewhere. Fastest moving fog in the world!!

Boat to the Aran Islands
Note the boat name. Better than being unhappy I guess

Leprechaun House
(and leprechaun)

Old Farm House
Yes everything is OLD

Cute little Cottage
On Inis Mor

Tower Bridge
Not to be confused with London Bridge or Tower of London

Replica of the crown jewels
Irishman Colonel Thomas Blood attempted steal in the real ones in 1671. And it is not just coincedence that Garrys Grandmother has the same maiden name.

Australian Stage Coach
Just in case you cant read the information box! This was funded by Aust Govt of course.

The gold state coach
Used for the most important occassions such as coronations.

Big Ben
With London eye in the background

Yeoman Warder
At the Tower of London