Blogs from County Mayo, Ireland, Europe - page 2

T-shirt weather greeted us so we delayed our departure from Donegal to 'go-have-another-look-round'. Beautiful place. Made our way through a few countryside tracks to the beach. Tide was out and no-one was around. Walked through the dunes to feel the windswept grasses. Back on the road we passed through beautiful (again) Ballyshannon and headed towards Enniskillen along the Lower Lough Erne which was so calm it was mirror like. We stopped numerous times to walk amongst the forest trees lining Erne. Enniskillen is perched amid a web of waterways and is a very appealing town with a 1.6km long main street that rides the roller-coaster spine of an island drumlin. Jane walked most of it "window shopping". I preferred the attractive waterside setting. However, together we did indulge ourselves at the BEST café called, "The Jolly ... read more

Tag 332 – Connemara, Cong & Kylemore Abbey Am Samstag hatte ich frei und wollte endlich mal eine Tagestour machen. So nahm ich um halb zehn vor dem Aquarium in Salthill den Shuttle Bus zur Galway Coach Station, wo alle Connemara-Touristen in einen anderen Bus steigen mussten. Und dann ging es los. Ich hatte mich im Bus neben eine Frau gesetzt, und wir waren ins Gespräch gekommen. Sie hieß Daniela (39) und war auch aus Deutschland, mal wieder aus München natürlich, doch wir beschlossen dann, einfach trotzdem Englisch zu reden. Wir blieben dann fast den ganzen Tag zusammen und schauten uns alles gemeinsam an. :) Unser Busfahrer und Tourguide, Mike, war nett und witzig, und irgendwie hatte er sich mich ausgesucht, um Witze zu machen, aber das war nicht schlimm, denn ich machte mit. Es ging ... read more

The Galway Races with the Caulfield's I arrived at the Connacht Hotel in Galway about 4:30 after a windy ride on the Motorway. The Connacht is an ok hotel and certainly served my needs. I took a cab into town and had dinner in a place called Kirby's. My meal was outstanding and was the dinner referral from Bill Eagan who I met at "A Bunch of Grapes" Pub. Bill is a US transplant, I'm actually surprised about how many US pat's I run into. Walked through the Latin quarter and hit a couple bars with my friend Eammon recommended. Tuesday morning Eammon drove over to the hotel and chauferred me to Caulfield Industrial Distribution. I was very impressed with the operations Eammon and Tony (his brother) have driven and the level of value added they ... read more

BRuised , my right side looks like I broke my arm- but I am Happy.. I have always wanted to learn how to shoot clay pigeons. Jeff didn't! We are staying at an Estate where one of the "things to do" is to learn how to shoot clay pigeons. A little nervous but determined we set off on a 10 minute walk , passed a dead mouse and off we went to learn. Here is how it goes- You clutch the rifle close to your shoulder and against your cheek. The clay puck is projected and you have to follow it till you line up with the rifle and shoot. and shoot.. well out of 25 shots - i hit TWO .. how exciting .. Jeff was amazing he shot those pigioens... read more

"In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty...." Een mooiere start van een wandelvakantie dan Dublin bestaat er bijna niet. Zo'n heerlijke stad om weer te zijn. Vanaf hier bracht de trein ons naar Westport met uitzicht op pelgrimsberg Croagh Patrick. Het was inmiddels vier uur 's middags en we wilden nog een stukje wandelen, voordat we ergens een overnachtingsplek zouden vinden. In prinicpe gingen we voor een B&B in Newport, maar al snel bleek, dat dit stadje nog verder lag, dan we aanvankelijk dachten. We volgden mooie landweggetjes langs weilanden met schapen en overal natuurlijk de bloeiende gaspeldoorn. Een stuk verderop had de schrijver van de Western Way, die wij volgden, bedacht dat dit gedeelte over een asfaltweg ging, waar nog best veel auto's reden. De vraag of we verder zouden lopen of ... read more