Europe Hotel Killarney

... the life of the founder of the order in murals painted an all the walls. Quite nice!

We walked back to Dingle Crystal, and I got a small piece of Sean Daly’s work. Maybe I can start a collection! Sean’s wife Liz is a very friendly and helpful person--she tried to convince John that I needed more than one piece.

Since I got crystal, John wanted ice cream and we went down the hill to Murphy’s, home of Ireland’s most ...

... drive continued through small towns, stopping at other beaches, braving the wind and rain to look at a lovely sculpture at Brandon Creek, and a futile search for a fort John wanted to see. Our car was also attacked by a dog, and that was interesting! It was close to noon when we drove back down into Dingle for lunch.

Six tour buses sat in the car park, and their occupants were out searching for lunch and souvenirs. We went into Murphy’s and found a table in the nearly full bar ...

This has been an incredible day! After leaving the Oakfield, we drove through Kenmare for the last time, and set our course for the Dingle Peninsula. While driving through Killarney National Park, we stopped at Ladies View. It got its name because the view so impressed the ladies-in-waiting of Queen Victoria when she visited it. We had been the only car on the road, and we were the only ones in the usually crowded car park. When we stood ...

The sun was trying to make its way out as we planned our last day in this area. At breakfast we met a couple from Ravenna, Ohio who are on their honeymoon, so we talked with them for quite a while. Morty gave us some suggestions for our drive today, and John hoped the road would be good.

We wanted to drive the south side of the Ring of Kerry and make some stops that the tour buses pass. We also wanted to be off the roads before the buses made ...

... we had dinner at a Thai restaurant and I must say it was just like home!! Well Thai they serve up in Australia. I did think and Amy agreed that Ireland was quite expensive, meals etc were quite dear. Accomodation seemed to be on par.

Drinks at our hotel.. there was a hunters annual general meeting going on when we arrived.. lol very funny, the members were not what I thought a typical hunter would be!!

... lady took the bill and presumably paid for her meal, then brought it back so we could pay our part. However, she got her sandwich free, and we had to pay for her lunch! This was another 5 minute conversation with the waiter who did not know how much the specific items were. Yeesh!

Anyway, this was the town whre Charlie Chaplin liked to vacation, so there is a statue of him by the beach. We each took our picture with him.
Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland njofielding

... on the bus and made it to Cong after a short stop at a villiage that had a fairly big grocery story. That night we pooled our euroes and for 6 euroes a piece we had Mexican food/ Wine for those that drank and Lemonde for those that did not. We also had fruet and popcorn for dessert and it was quite good. !0/05/08 we took a short walk around the small villiage of Cong and had the oppurtunity to explore a little abby thats famous and partly in ruins and also walk around the ...

... After learning this Karla didn't sit quite so close to me for the rest of the night. I don't blame her, I can't compete against a 25 year old Austrailan doctor with a full head of hair. At 11pm a rockin Irish band came on stage and played an array of covers, both Irish and American. Wiskey drinking songs and Rock 'n Roll may not seem like they go together but these guys did a great job. Before we knew it, it was 1am, there were many empty glasses at our table, and ...

... a generator and had dinner there, a wonderful but eventful dinner (will expand another time!!!!!) Tomorrow we have a jaunting car ride scheduled but because of the weather and these carriages being open we're holding off until we see what the weather will be, hoping for the best. Stay tuned