Whitegates Hotel Killarney

... which was quickly on my jeans, with my lack of balance- complete with fertility stone on the top - don't worry, i didn't even touch it!<br><br>We drove past the sleeping Giant, an island that, well, looks like someone lying down and it's kinda big! Then to the Kilmalkeder church, a ruined abbey, with celtic crosses and more Non stones that predate the written word like we found in Wales! We also saw a grave with a can of Guiness ...

... tourguide told us stories of the fairies, leprechauns and banshees, those spirits, who if crossed can make your life a living hell, literally. There are many fairy circles around the place, which are not supposed to be stepped into. Apparently one farmer decided to do this one day and ended up taking his life - he had gone mad due to every night going to bed, hearing music outside his house, getting up to investigate, hearing nothing ...

... coming through, and a rainbow. It is the wierdest weather. How do people live in this fulltime. Back home when it rains we all feel like it gives us a good excuse to lay in bed all day and be lazy...imagine the lives we would live if we were fulltime residents in Ireland. <br><br>This trip is going to be a huge test for us girls...thereis going to be some serious trials and tribulations that we're going to come across and it'll be ...

... so I&#8217;m okay with that.<br><br>Coming back, we took Morty&#8217;s suggested route up through the center of the peninsula, going west to east. We went through the Ballycasheen Pass, then turned south to go through another. The road was full of potholes which were nicely marked with yellow paint, but we couldn&#8217;t go faster than 15 m.p.h. After making it through the Ballaghbeama Pass, and skirting the sheep that lined the road, we wondered if Morty was ...

... started coming across the buses!!!<br><br>We made our first stop just outside of town and got a horse and carriage that took us along Lough Leane past Muckross house and the old Abbey and to the Toc Waterfall. On the way around we say a huge wild strawberry plant, more like a tree than a strawberry plant and a huge Rodadendrum TREE.. lol. it was a chilly day and rained a bit on our trip around the place. Jackie ...

... sweeping ocean views. <br><br>The kids ran all over the sand, tossing huge rocks into the ocean and the little creek nearby and just enjoyed being outside in the sun and brisk wind. We were so happy to have made this unscheduled stop!<br><br>When everyone got tired we loaded back into the car and set off to toward Dingle. We reached a crossroads - we had to choose either the low coastal road or the Connor Pass. I figured the ...

... wasn't quite as good as France either. Our tour is quite nice, pretty flash accomodation, we are seeing lots of beautiful scenery and castles,etc. The tour is well organized, we get "just" enough time to see the highlights and/or do a little shopping. I had to ask for the quickest route to the exit in the middle of my tour of ...

... we had to wait a little bit for Jenny and Mick to pick up us from Victoriq Station- no matter, people watching in Central London was far more interesting than it would have been at Stansted. It was good to see Jenny and Mick again, and Mick's suggestions of a stop at Maccas was just the ticket, and we hungrily wolfed down our combos on the way home - perhaps not the best start to mend the damage inflicted upon our livers over the past few days, but satisfying none the less.

·Our deeds of charity oIs this weed? -When in doubt, pull it out! -Planting the tree: we don't even dig the hole ·We take so much, it is nice to give back every once in a while... -We meet the mayor of the city ·Good thing you have short hair for traveling to the humid Washington DC! ·What are the criteria for selecting sister cities? ·We go biking again... oIssue #1 with a large group of people on ...

Where's the Thesuarus? Our conversation for the last three days has consisted largely of the words 'cool', 'wow' or 'look at that'. We hired a car and have been travelling all over the Ireland, mainly the West Coast which is spectacular to say the least. Bit of unfortunate timing though - we have hit Ireland the week before U2 are playing a series of concerts. Every second song on the radio is U2 - we have heard every single song they ever recorded at least 10 times each ...