Allingham Arms Hotel Bundoran

... girls from her office. We went to a lounge called 'Sub’ lounge which has a good vibe and I think we’ll go back because more importantly it has cheap drinks! The draft was €3.40 and highballs were €5. That is cheap for this city!! We then headed over to another bar called the Globe and danced most of the night. There were some interesting costumes there because the downstairs part is a gay club. Our favorite costume of the night was Barbie. The guy put a lot ...

... school, and realy to try out our new wheels. We were able to go out to West Cork, and up the West coast in to Connemara, Mayo, and up to Sligo. We named the little car, 'Jumbo Murphy’ (Murphy being a Cork name). He’s now a good part of the family, sort of like a second home.

Anyways, we had a great time, and I think I’ll let the pictures tell it.

Thanks for the good times Helen, Cheers.

Daniel & Luna

... was in the pubs or home in front of the TV. All week we saw pennants flying and flags waving as we drove through the various towns and counties. Each county has their colors, their flag, and their pride. This is a very big deal, and many towns had signs wishing their boys luck with the county team. It came down to Cork and Kerry in the final, and Kerry was heavily favored. It was reported on the news that some women from Cork crossed the border into ...

... a teacup sized plate! Chicken for me, Fish for Dan and veges. Dessert I had a apple/peach crumble..Dan had a coffee and madarin gateaux. All pretty good. We stopped by the bar after dinner and had a few pints of Guiness for Dan and Bulmers cider for me and retired to bed around the late hour of 10pm. I went to bed immediately...trying to sleep off getting sick..Dan read a book for a while. Tomorrow we are going to Galway and Ennis.

... sheep and the things that come with them (watch your step!). The hill of Tara was an interesting first glimpse of the Irish country side, rolling green hills and such, very cool. It was a place that has alot of pagon roots. It was an important place here in ireland for the druids and such and is still today fairly popular with lovers of the occult and the pagan religion, its supposed to be a junction for some magnetic ...

... agents, solicitors, appalling rental agents and even more appalling tenants (who, among other things, chose to ignore their contractual obligation to not have an animal in the house, and managed to get away with hiding a dog for a few weeks, complete with smell, hair and other associated mess... big lump of slobbery meat in the middle of the kitchen floor?... mmm, lovely ...

Meteo: pioggerella

Saremmo rimasti a Clifden, ma non c'era posto. Andiamo a Sligo, tappa intermedia per il trasferimento nell'Ulster.
Ci fermiamo alla Kylemore Abbey, bellissima villa sul lago. Scattiamo qualche foto senza entrare, piove. Percorriamo il tratto fra Leenane e Cong, consigliato dalla nostra guida per una gita in bicicletta. Facciamo molte foto, il paesaggio invita. A Cong consumiamo un pasto frugale, c'è un bel parco sul lago. Facciamo un ...

Kowa-fecking-bunga dudes! I want to tell you about our little vacay from the big city. The American Girls heard about this hostel on the west coast where you could take surfing lessons. We decided to check out Bundoran, a sleepy ocean town, to test the waters and our aptitude for surfing. What a great decision it was!

Kelsey and I managed to get ourselves put in charge of finding a means of transportation to the place which proved difficult. The Irish Bus website told ...

... flocks of sheep skittering along the roads.

By evening we had reached Letterkenny, a stone’s throw away from the border with Northern Ireland, and were soon in the midst of our now well established pattern of finding a B&B for the night before heading into the town centre in search of a reasonably-priced pub dinner.

Co Donegal

Killibeg to Donegal
Gotta love this city!

This loop, from Ballintoy to Malin Head and down to Killibeg then Donegal was a tough ~ 175 miles ~

Peace agreement was not observed between political parties, therefore, curfew is mandatory and we have to stay in house. That sucks!