Inishbofin House Hotel & Marine Spa

... Beach, which would have been delightful had the wind not been blowing so hard. Then we went to the Deserted Village where the Bothey cattlemen used to live. Over 100 buildings, mostly homes, were left, and the shells of many still stand.

We wandered the neighboring cemetery, which is something I like to do. It’s interesting to me how people memorialize their dead, and so I snapped a few pictures before we moved on.

We were looking for a megalithic tomb ...

... bare feet and let me tell you it is not a smooth walk. Hundreds of people even go so far as to walk 21 miles from Ballintubber Abbey where St. Patrick baptized the people all the way to the mountain and then climb it... IN ONE DAY....crazy. One of my roommates says that she and her dad climb the mountain at least 2 times a year and she has seen old woman upwards of 80 climbing the mountain in just their bare feet...

Me and my group ...

... in more than 65,000 Euro, and is worth more that $65,000,000. This was passed up when a Stud farm out of Kentucky offered and they turned it down. This horse has also surpassed records by producing 35 winning horses in one year! Alone last stud season he sired 176 foals. There is a misconception that these mares are artificially inseminated, this is not so. Other wise the market would be flooded and shares would go down. I am pretty sure this is boring to you so I will cut it short.
Clifden, Western Ireland, Ireland rachaelandtrish

... our room. We enjoyed some of the starter groups and then moved on to get Sean checked in and to scout out the town. We got a pint and then went to dinner. Dinner was great. We ate at a new restaurant in town called "The West." We went back to our room and listened to the beginning of the headlining band at the music fest. It wasn't really our taste so we skipped that in favor of some traditional Irish fold music at Matt ...

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Today was a huge change from yesterday's wanderings through the streets of Amsterdam. The Irish landscape was amazing during our drive. There were little plots of land divided up with stone walls or hedgerows, livestock grazing in the fields, and ruins of old churches. Here and there we even found some pockets of new construction -- Irish subdivisions. This must have been a result of Ireland's economic boom (well, until recently).

We ...

Inishbofin translates to "Island of the White Cow". It is truly a step back in time and it really gives you a glimpse into what life was like for the people of Ireland, long ago. We departed at 7:45 and caught the ferry at Cleggan. It was a pretty rough day and a few members from our group got sick. I felt bad for them, while at the same time, I was loving the rocking and the dipping ...

... guida ha risposto che è vero, il pesce c'era, ma i contadini non avevano diritto a pescarlo, i signorotti erano padroni della costa ed il pesce pescato apparteneva a loro. Signorotti....
Usciamo dall'umidità del bog, e saliamo nel percorso che dovrebbe portarci in cima. Ci fermiamo prima perchè il tempo non promette granchè, ma la vista è comunque imperdibile. Vento fortissimo.
Torniamo a valle, picnic al parco giochi, caffè e in ...

... giornata è stellare e tutto splende.
Arriviamo in città saltando la Sky Drive, che ci riserviamo per domani, oggi siamo troppo stanchi.
L'ostello, il Clifden Town Hostel è ok, abbiamo una stanza privata con vista sul laghetto. La cucina è a disposizione, ma ceniamo fuori, da Cullen's che serve una ottima zuppa ( adoro le zuppe irlandesi, col pane nero!ma perchè ne danno così poco?). La signora che ci serve, che ha l'aria di essere anche la cuoca, ha anche ...

Tuesday 20th June. Gale force wins were forecasted so I decided to seek out Mike Thewlis. I had a lie in and got up around 1100.I bought 25 litres of diesel at the Marina office and had a good chat with the Marina manager. I was told the previous evening that Mick Thewlis drank in the Corner house early in the day. I got up to the Corner House around 1230 and found that Mike had already been there and had left already. The ...

... era town centre of which looked incredibly charming with the narrow River Carrowbeg passing though its handsome leafy streets. Any chance of further exploration was dashed when we spent a considerable period of time searching for a vacant B&B, and then once we had, as soon as we unpacked my energy level plummeted, and what I thought would be a quick little evening nap turned into a comatose night’s sleep.