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Adare and Limerick
... that the wedding guests were still in half-swing. There were wedding revelers still celebrating at 7:30 a.m! Ah, yes, an Irish wedding.
We had a rather long coach ride (no, not a Cinderella coach), but not too bad either. Our first stop was at the Mollana farm where we were greeted by the homeowners, Paddy and Margaret Mollana. We were treated to tea, coffee, and homemade scones and guiness bread--a dense ...
Rag Week and Convention Madness
... say, it is nice.
These last two weeks have been lovely, despite me working madly this last week on a paper. But more on that, later. I left you last time, before my little stats session, with bike rides under the sun. Sunday was much of the same, only better. I cycled around, first a few miles through farmland to a very cool 19th century water treatment plant, then a few miles in the opposite direction to our neighboring ...
Stats You Could Never Live Without
... I couldn’t find anything. Any of my readers find otherwise?
Of course when I start looking for statistics, I get on a roll. I found some fun ones. The first that I just had to find was beer consumption. The Irish love their beer. Really, that’s all they claim there is to do. Friends get together and go to the pub. They may not go with the intention of getting drunk, unlike people in the states. Drunkenness isn’t the ...
Bunratty to Doolin to Bunratty
... again but got to Doolin Pier in plenty of time for the Cliffs of Moher boat tour. Somehow we still ended up sitting inside as all the outside seats were taken and the crew wouldn't let us forward since the Atlantic was very choppy. Two of our party were quite uncomfortable and there was another young lady making use of the sick bags. Once we reached the Cliffs the captain throttled back the engines and they let us go forward to the railing so we literally had the ...
Last day in Ireland: Bunratty and the vortex
... them as clear a day – as a gentle reminder that we will be up there as well tomorrow. This B&B is so simple and yet so relaxed from all the hub-bub we have been through, it almost seems fitting to have our last one here. It is almost like we are at home now – almost.
So about 8 hours ago we awoke in Galway and wanted to hit the streets again for some shopping. Ginger saw a hat she wanted and we had a few ...


