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Rain and Mountains
Last weekend we ventured to Killarney for a day trip. I can honestly say, when I envisioned Ireland, this was what I was picturing.
Killarney is a beautiful little town. The houses are all in a row and multicoloured. Little pubs were everywhere to be seen, and the weather acted very Irish (wet and cold, all day).
We ...
Day Eight – Dingle Berries!
... so we stopped at another beach. It was a nice long stretch of sand. We found a seal that had been trying to get away from the tourists trying to take its picture. It had wedged itself in the rocks. All of the students wanted to know if it was going to live. I told them it would probably die in a few hours. There was a loud refain of "Ohhhhh Nooooooo!" until I told them it would swim away when the tide came in.
We stopped ...
Amazing Island adventure!
... in a MUCH larger scale. I can only imagine the worth of it now.
I learned allot. Nothing that I can really transfer to you as most was “who this person was, what he did, how he married in.” wow.
From there we wandered around the grounds. Amazing. The blarney rock, the waterfall, the witches den. This place gave me a freight. Nausea, could not go near kind of intense feeling. Sooo not interesting in going into it.
Beautiful grounds. Sooo worth ...
Oh we're off on the road to Killarney!
... was a brief wait and then the doctor called Britt in. They didn't do a throat swab since it can take a while to get the official results; but the doc was pretty sure she has strep throat. We got a prescription for an antibiotic, and various other drugs to help her feel better. Right now she's still pretty miserable, so mom and I grabbed a quick bite, and then got some sea food chowder and brown bread to go for ...
Country Roads and Other Things
... on foot around the countryside. I was told that though some things have changed in Ireland since I was here last, many others have not. One thing that's definitely the same--the secondary roads in the west. I've included some photos of them--I doubt they're much more than 8 feet across, only wide enough for one car. When two cars come at each other, they both have to drive off the road and into the hedgerow to pass one another. Note the speed limit sign below (FYI ...
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