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Last night we were "Those Parents"
... not getting much worse, but still voicing his displeasure. We tried the usual stuff, and I was starting to panic. We were totally "those parents" who brought a kid into a situation where a kid just doesn't belong. I felt like we were being inconsiderate to the other patrons, and worse than that, I felt like a bad mother. I unilaterally decided to get Oliver out of there. I quickly finished my meal, gulped the last of my wine (no sense wasting, ...
There's old, and then there's OLD
... Stone Henge's cute little brother. In reality, it's in the middle of nowhere, and after driving down this little dirt road, you then have to walk a few minutes down a secluded path. Nothing around marks the site other than a little placard noting the position of the rocks in relation to the sun and that the remains of a young person were discovered in the middle of the circle. Since ...
Leaving Ireland.
Our last full day in Ireland we drove to the very end of the country. Mizen Head ( just out of the village of Goleen) is only about 3/4 of an hour from Leap...passing through Skibbereen...but it is at the very south tip of Ireland. On the way down we saw an ancient burial altar....stones stacked in an interesting pattern....scientists have radio carbon dated bones from the site to 2000 BC....the countryside turned very rugged and ...
A few days into one.
... and then along the coast back to where we started the Ring at Kenmare....the views along the coast were, again...breathtaking...I know I have used that word a lot ...but the photos I have posted don't do the view justice...you have to stand there and take it all in...very moving. We were going to go to Dublin the next day but decided to have a rest day instead.....one of the real highlights of our stay in Ireland is just wandering down the road from our ...
Mizen Head on to Kenmare
We left the main highway about midway to Kenmare and headed down to Mizen Head, the southwesternmost point in Ireland. We thought we were going to see a lighthouse, but after a long confusing trip trying to follow our map and tour guidebook, we arrived at the Mizen Head visotor center to find that the suspension foot bridge for ...
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