Blogs from Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, Europe - page 12

Dear Ones, We have spent a very long but fascinating day driving the twists and turns and amazing side roads of what is known as the Ring of Kerry. It's about a 110 miles of a "mini" Ireland - with mountains, vales, rolling hillside, and many coastlines. Once again my driver was amazing negotiating the roads made for one car, not two. We bounced and zigged and zagged, but we saw such beautiful scenery and sites. Old forts, extraordinary cliffs, beautiful landscapes. Yes, we had rain and too many gray skies, but we also had sunshine and some blue sky to see. We're back at our bed and breakfast (so - so), for one more night. Shortly, we'll head downtown Kilarney to check out the pubs and the entertainment, even on a Sunday night. Tomorrow our ... read more

So, incarceration successfully avoided. If that is your criteria for a successful evening, then you are living life wrong. But I did avoid assaulting someone on foreign soil, which is always a good thing. So, at the crack of dawn we get up and hit the road, I’ve been told today is Sunday, but I have no idea and am just going to take it on good faith that this is true. In any case, we are now off to Kilarney, Ireland and will be arriving on 1) Canada Day (For some reason they think they deserve a day for something they did. Honestly, we let them have their own flag and “parliament” shouldn’t that be enough?), which means that a few members of our group are in very high spirits, and 2) on the day ... read more

This was a great day! Probably our favourite. Unfortunately it was probably also the day that set off Christine's Asthma and Herve and Lauren's hay fever because the flowers were all blooming in the National Park and Muckross Gardens. (But we didn't know this until later although we should have guessed from Lauren's hay fever. She is the healthiest one amongst us since she has been put on the gluten and egg free diet, in future, if she gets snuffly from pollen exposure, I will ring the warning bells for Christine's asthma medication to start it's magic. Knowing this before would have saved us an emergency ward adventure..even Intensive care) when we returned and Christine experienced her first asthma attack in 5 years.) Killarney is a great town with all the mod cons and good pub. ... read more

So, after our wonderful blarney castle experience, Lisa and i planned on visiting the cliffs of moher, however due to the high cost of getting there, we decided to head to killarney and take a day trip to the dingle peninsula instead. Lisa got a little sick, so we took it easy. the trip to the peninsula was nice, but would have been awesome had the weather cooperated. I might as well have been in a hockey rink in a bathing suit....it was rainy and so cold, and the fog was so dense, it made it difficult to make out the beautiful coast line. However, we did manage to get a few decent pictures....which youºll eventually be able to see when i get to a computer where i can post them. some gripes....i woke up ... read more

Today (Thursday) we left Co. Clare and headed south to Killarney and Co. Kerry. We took a shortcut across the Shannon River via ferry, which was fun. It was just a short ride and we were able to see dolphins jumping in the water around the boat. From there, we drove into Co. Kerry and through the city of Tralee. We finally made it to our destination, Killarney. We'll be here for the next three nights. Killarney sometimes gets derided as a total tourist town, but I actually find it more pleasant than Doolin (which was just too rural for us). Killarney is set on the edge of Killarney National Park. It's some of the most beautiful lake and mountain scenery you can imagine. The weather continues to be unseasonably warm, sunny and gorgeous, so today ... read more