Killarney Oaks

... the touristy thing to do in Killarney don't you know! We trotted past the race track, which was built on landfill and has a 9 hole golf course in the middle!. We stopped at Ross castle, the scene of many a wedding photo as we found - at least 4 weddings stopped by while we were there!<br><br>So tonight is the last supper with the tour group. Dinner with everyone then out for drinks - just for something out of the ordinary! <br><br>XO

... br><br>Back onto the (new) bus - we picked up some new travellers today, some canadians, an indian and some hawiaan americans. Not too sure what they thought of us all at the start, but i'm pretty sure everyone has bonded now (karaoke is about to start in the pub next door, so everyone is well full!). <br><br>We then crossed the river Shannon from county clara into county kerry - which is just spectacular green rolling hills, along the ...

We spent the day driving from Dublin to Blarney and Killarny. All we wanted to do in Ireland was kiss the Blarney Stone in Blarney, but unfortunately we are not wired to take long walks in the pouring rain so the most we could do was pull upto the gates and creep. We continued on to Killarney which is the cutest little city ever...cobblestone streets, super nice people, beautiful little restaurants and bistros, cars parked on sidewalks. We ...

<br><br>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.<br><br>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 decided to do the Ring of Kerry trip, a lovely trip around the south west cape of Ireland, approx 160 kms on our own than on a bus.. glad we did they were full of old Americans.. woops!! There was heaps here that we didn't see as we only had a few days until Amy had to head back to Australia. We did the ring in an anticlock wise direction, good in the fact eveyone else goes clockwise, bad because half way around ...

... compreso. E' molto convincente, anche se io sono assolutamente convinto che sia una fregatura.<br>Ci facciamo convincere, effettivamente le scogliere sono belle, ma niente di meglio di quelle che avevamo visto gratis.<br>Rientriamo in macchina, giusto il tempo di evitare un autentico nubifragio, che ci sorprende su uno scollinamento. Proseguiamo fino a Caherdaniel, dove visitiamo il parco botanico della casa di Daniel O'Connell, grande uomo politico irlandese. La spiaggia antistante ha ...

... they really are. I mean dam I walked up a really steep hill soaking it all in as it truly took my breathe away. I walked all the way to the top and it was wow so fantastically and utterly breathtaking and windy. It was so gourgous i mean its undescrible at how truly breathtaking they really are. I mean seriously. Then after the Cliffs of Mohair we went to another well which is a place that people hang symbols of thier loved ones like pictures in ...

... of the way: 3-stars for Killarney. Day 16 - The Blarney Stone We woke up and checked out of our hostel. It was one of the better ones that we've stayed at so far. We donned our backpacks and walked into town where I bought an Irish rugby shirt and Karla found an Aran sweater store and bought a lovely hand-stitched overcoat. She just HAD to have one,; It was the one thing she wanted to buy during this whole trip. It was quite expensive but when you think that it takes ...

... 38 out of the 40 shades of green on the Emerald Isle. Check back in regularly because as soon as we locate shades #17 and #32, we will let you know about it. That's about it for now, but once again, here's a link that you can copy and paste into a new browser to see some of our photos. http://www1.snapfish.com/share/p=661811 82194670910/l=2721764 90/g=85282725/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB Tom and Erin

... either of the places are. It's touristy for a reason. No where near as cool as Banff but cool in it's own right. So I checked into my hostel, dropped my gear, and went off to find the nearest castle. A couple of kilometers away in the forest that is part of Killarney National Park was Ross Castle. Set on Lough Leane or Lower Lake. It's a nice castle, though closed at the moment, so I didn't get to go inside. 14th or 15th Century. Then the winds kicked up and I ...