Pairc Lodge B & B Doolin

... 30th.<br><br>Next I'll spend 3 weeks in New Zealand, mostly on the South Island, and fly from Auckland to LA on May 22nd. <br><br>After a final 3 weeks in America I will fly from New York to London on June 17th.<br><br>I have bought and scrounged everything I need to take, and I have typed up more notes than I can handle. I'm very excited to finally be so close to going, after years of planning and hoping!! <br><br>My next post will be from India!!!<br>

Day 3 led us up north a bit along the Atlantic Ocean to the Cliffs of Moher and Galway. <br><br>If you haven't heard anything about the Cliffs, I would highly recommend researching and visiting as soon as possible. The weather is a bit temperamental but it is honestly one of the world's most beautiful places. The cliffs are 100s of feet above sea level. They overlook the Atlantic and the water can be seen splashing up against the ...

So we spent the day travelling to Cliffs of Moher and the Burren. They drive on the narrowest roads here, 100km/hr. Honestly, we can barely do that in Canada on the 401 without getting in a million accidents led alone little five foot wide streets. It is unreal how many cows and sheep there are in this country. They are evvvvvvvvverywhere. So we originally had a 6-bedroom hostel booked for Galway, but instead, obviously, we decided that ...

... cute little Irish pub in the Temple Bar area, where we had a drink and talked to a couple of the locals. And attempted to follow what was going on in the soccer match. It was fun, but very low key which is what we wanted. We got to bed by midnight....the others came crashing into the hostel at 4am.<br><br>The next morning, the three of us got up at 9 and got checked out of the hostel and ready to go. We ended up having to get the rest ...

... found the cave after following his dog who chased a rabbit into a narrow opening. After he found it he kept it a secret for forty years until he was about to die in the mid 1970's and finally let the world know of his secret. When cave explorers went into to cave they found the remains of many bears, which have since gone extinct in Ireland. The cave was a pretty cool adventure, but I was dissapointed because it wasnt as grandiose as something ...

-Irish People: Some of the friendliest I have encountered yet. I like them. <br><br>-Black Tea Streams: When I was biking in the country, I crossed over a bunch of streams and rivers. I wasn't sure if it was 1773 and the Boston Tea Party was happening upstream because the water was so dark and nasty looking, it really looked like Black Tea was flowing down there. Maybe all the farms ...

... beer country. I asked for some, and like the silveware guy in London, he looked at my like I had two heads. So guiness instead. But I think I am just about done with guinness for a while. It is just too filling! I keep trying to order murphys, to give it a shot, but everyone's murphy's tap is broken! Its an epidemic! <br>Anyway, our last major stop was The Cliffs of Moher. They were so beautiful! We could see the Aran Islands ...

After Dingle we drove north along the breathtakingly beautiful Irish west coast to Doolin, just north of the Cliffs of Moorh (sp?). We stayed in one of the ubiquitous B&amp;Bs in the resort town. I discovered why the Irish are so pale: their summers are completely nonexistent. We toured the "destination coast" of Ireland where city folk come to vacation on a fairly overcast day, to find the beaches ...

... of Moher close up this was our last chance. It was VERY windy and cold but we persevered and made it to the top. Very impressive! Pictures and words just don't do it justice. From there we happened ...

... to him was an elderly lady of about 70 years. She had a rosary in one hand and the other in one of his hands. They were processing arm in arm around the church. He said nothing, while she was in fervent prayer. It didn't take much to see that she was praying for him, either for a cure for his condition or for his welfare after she was gone. I was moved by the sight of them and am still moved by the thought of them.<br><br>It wasn't only in the processions around the ...