Arus Antoine B&B Killarney
Lewis Road Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
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Everything is Green!
... small carriage pulled by a single horse. Our guide was very nice, a bit informative but not needlessly chatty. Discussion of the weather here is serious business, not idle chatter, so we did hear again, an enthusiastic "Beautiful day we're having!" The weather at the time was (still) a thick overcast. After a pause, "Well, it's dry." Ann Marie and I both laughed (I had told her the story from the gas station this morning.) He answered our laughter with, "Any dry day ...
Ring of Kerry
We left very early this morning...again!! But oh, so worth the early alarm. Just out of Killarney we stopped briefly to see some ogham stones. Ogham is sometimes called the "Celtic Tree Alphabet", based on a high medieval tradition ascribing names of trees to the individual letters.The bulk of Ogham stones are in the south of Ireland, in Counties Kerry, Cork and ...
All about Killarney
Left Waterford in the wee hours of the morning....well not really, but they do keep us on our toes on this tour. Arrived at Blarney Castle Park around 11. It's a beautiful, green, lush park leading to the castle. Janice explored the park and grounds which were in full bloom while I climbed the narrow spiral stairs of the castle to reach the Blarney Stone. Once at the top, each person was ...
Shawn brought the sun!
... and decided to have our picnic lunch on the beach. Then we laid down for a little to soak up the sun. Since Shawn has been here, it has been the most beautiful two days ever. Bright blue skies, no clouds, and not even a droplet of rain. We were sweating in the sun and all day I was in shock repeating "its never this sunny here..."
Sunday night we went out to The Bailey to listen to some traditional Irish Music. It was low key, but the band was very ...
An uneventful day
... and had an hour to walk around. Then that was it, drove to Killarney where the rooms weren't ready so had to spend an hour and a half walking around the streets until the hotel rooms were ready.
After 5 weeks on the road a free afternoon and evening was very welcome and I used most of it to sleep. Went to an Irish pub in the evening and ordered a roast chicken, where the meat was falling off the ...



