Blairs Cove House
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Only 6 days to go!
So...only 6 days to go... Goodbyes have been said to my closest friends and some family members, all hostel and flight confirmations have been printed (only after did I realise that I could just open them in my emails on my iPod), vegetarian meal has been booked for the flight- We are ready for take off! Well, kind of. Still have to pack.
-Ann
Last night we were "Those Parents"
... at the table closest us. They didn't acknowledge the baby's presence at first, but eventually the woman looked over and said, "it's ironic, because this is our first night out without the baby". My heart sank. "I am so sorry," I said. "We'll eat quickly." Alex mentioned that we haven't been out without him either as the grandparents all live away. Her husband said that both sets were two doors down from them. How nice to be able to travel ...
Leaving Ireland.
... of buildings leading to a platform....on the platform is the lights but it is only about 5 feet high....walk through the buildings....along the platform....ease around the light to the platform rail....the wind is trying to send your head back into the cliffs behind you....lean over the rails ( Like you are on the bow of the Titanic) and look the Gail in the eye.....you are the last person in Ireland this far south and you can't get ...
Recap of the last week
... all the way back to Shannon Airport so we only had to leave at 8am. Returning the car was a bit confusing and we originally went to the wrong parking lot but we figured it out eventually. There wasn’t even anyone to collect the car or keys from us so we just put the keys in a mail slot and left the car in the parking lot. My uncle Patrick picked us up from the airport and we had breakfast in Killarney. He had to get ...
Beara, Ancient and Modern
... Irish myth of the "silke" or mermaid. It was filmed entirely in Castletownbere, just 4 miles from Eyeries, and many of the local "extras" were in the trailer with us last night hooting it up when they or someone they knew appeared in the film.
It's been a wonderful couple of weeks here--not just the creative experience but also experiencing a world that's so different from my own, a place that just got electricity in the late 1960s, ...
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