Blogs from County Kerry, Ireland, Europe - page 35

Well it's been a while since I got around to here. I didn't really want to post until I had a few photos to prop up and smile at, but no matter. Where am I? In a tiny house filled village called Beenbawn outside the main tourist town of Dingle. What am I doing? Assimilating myself into a group of 12 people(5 coworkers, 7....intellectually challenged villagers) who are attempting to establish an organic farm, while involving and helping the villagers. Am I enjoying it? I don't know or understand quite yet. Unfortunately this little place isn't running as smoothly as I may make it out to be, if I did at all. Many problems have arose (one of the villagers moved(was sent) in a month ago, because he beat up all the others at his last ... read more

I have decided that too much vacation can be a bad thing. I have grown weary of traveling all over to see things. The only things that we had still wanted to see are the pricier items and I can’t justify it yet. The Aran Islands require a ferry passage to reach them and the Bunratty Castle and Folk Park offers the medieval dinner and musical entertainment but that alone runs about €60 for each of us. So we are keeping closer to home and trying to not spend much. Today we went off in search of two more geocaches in the area. It is the one thing I appreciate about the hobby above all else. The two areas that we went to today were not anywhere that I would have ventured to otherwise. Both geocaches ... read more

We stayed up pretty late last night watching television. Since Ireland falls within the European Union, most of the shows come from England and Scotland. We watched their version of “American Idol” except it’s called “The X Factor” and the rules are a little different. We watched a couple movies while the laundry was finishing up and then we went to sleep around 2am or so. This morning we slept in late and just sat around the house and relaxed. Last night at the grocery store, we picked up some pastry wrapped sausage bites and Robert made them for breakfast. Their food doesn’t come precooked, it is made from scratch and then you bake it up nice and hot. I ate one of my yogurts, the Valentia Orange Cream, and it was delicious. They make their ... read more

Day 4 - Dingle & Ring of Kerry Europe » Ireland » Kerry » Dingle Peninsula By clarkeyNovember 1st 2006Brian ClarkeWe tried to track down the famous Dolphin in the morning, but after a long search of 20 minutes grew restless and decided to resume our journey. We were eager to see the beautiful Ring of Kerry and were not disappointed. The scenery was breathtaking! ... read more

I felt like I was waking up all night but it was still dark outside so I would stay in bed. The thought ran through my mind that we might possibly have slept through the following day and it was night again. By the time daylight finally came about, we dragged ourselves out of bed around 11:15am. Billie and Matt weren’t moving any earlier than we were so it was okay. I had a bowl of Frosties (Irish for Frosted Flakes) and orange juice. We made plans to hit Killarney today since it is close by and there are several sites in the area. Right after we hit the road, we remembered daylight savings time so that set us off at 1pm. The first stop was up a winding road past Killarney National Park about 14km. ... read more