Victoria House Killarney

... 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

... Randy Leprechaun, but is located right over the road from the village church. So everyone got all offended, and the colour scheme has been muted down. We've all had a good feed and have a night of karaoke ahead. The bar special is the irish carbomb - which is a pot of guiness, into which a shot of whiskey and baileys is placed and you just slam it down - 3 for 10 Euro so will be an interesting night, to be sure, to be sure! <br><br>XO<br><br>

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 ...

... open. We drove across the bridge to Valentia Island, which is the home of the Skellig Experience. The Skelligs are a group of islands off the coast of Kerry. The main one is Skellig Michael, which is the site of a sixth century monastic settlement complete with beehive huts. Before we came here, I wanted to go to Skellig Michael and climb to the top, but we would have had to be here before they close for the winter on September 30, and the crossings in an ...

... 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.<br><br>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!!

... all so excited to see each other again; we hadn't expected to meet up again until after our trip to London. There also happened to be another great playground right next to where we parked, so we had a terrific afternoon.<br><br>From Tralee we drove out to the Blennerville Windmill, which happened to be closed! We took some photos and moved along. The coastline began to come into view as we drove, and it was almost ...

... then had family fun night (staying in and playing charades and pictionary) because the friars lock the garden gates at 9pm. So fun, but we FROZE TO DEATH as we slept. I dont know if any of us slept more than 20 minutes at one time. The next morning we all arose groggy and tired, but got our stuff together, cleaned up the room, and headed out to explore the Killarney National Park. It was a beautiful 4 hours of walking and then we got on the LONG bus ride back to Dublin. (8 hours)

... sh*thead', and played a few more games until we decided it was time for a pint (again - this Ireland after all) and headed off to a bar on the outskirts of town. Despite play being regualrly interrupted by wasp slapping sessions, we had a pleasant couple of hours, before heading off to the airport. Time spent at the aiport was mercifully brief, given the facilities at Kerry airport would probably be rivaled by Hokitika, and boarded quickly for a zip over the ...

... good, so we had some challenges enjoying the sites of the Dingle Pennisula. But we were able to find some sunshine for the Cliffs of Moher and the Connemara region. The highlight of the trip was a small town called Doolin, a fishing village known for it's live traditional Irish music. We spent the afternoon and evening in a pub two doors down from our B&B. We ended up meeting two women from Chicago while we were ...