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Everything is Green!
... glasses in the Land of Oz. After the jaunting ride, we had a picnic lunch, then got back into the car to try to find an elusive hiking trail despite the fact that the promised map-dispensing visitor center was not open. We found it pretty much by accident -- the Blue Pool nature trail, described in my guidebook as follows: "The trail is named for the lake's unusually blue-green color, caused by copper deposits in the soil." The trail was perfect, except: that ...
Ring of Kerry
... addition, we stopped for some misty photos at Killeen Golf Course, home of the Irish Open.
The landscape today was much like the California north coast--and different in many ways, too. The drive is a 110-mile loop which follows the coast part of the way and then moves inland. The vistas are a combination of peat bogs, sheep farms, houses, resorts, stone ...
All about Killarney
... William Bowers Bourn owned the Muckross house in the late 1800 to early 1900s. In fact, we learned that murals of Muckross house and grounds are painted in Filoli Gardens. By the way, Muckross in Irish means pig peninsula.
A BEAUTIFUL sunny, warm day--75F!! Locals are flabbergasted and happy about this kind of weather in March...and so are we!
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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 ...
Oireachtas and Pixies
... social hour but sadly said my adieus. My housemate was tired, too, so we agreed it was time to leave. On our way out, we smelled something glorious and saw a bunch of kids (all speaking Irish, mind you), eating, what was that? Curry fries? I want some! We asked them where they got the fries and they pointed us to a room, past where we walked time and again, and Aussie and I both looked at each other and exclaimed, “Where the bleep did THAT ...


