After Dublin, we rented a car (they drive on the left, I only sat in the driver's seat once, just to get a feel for what its like to sit on the right side with a steering wheel. Luckily Michael is the best driver in the world, so traveling was no problem.)
It only took three hours to drive from the west coast to the east. Ireland isn't very big, but we only saw a tiny part of it in the week we were there.
We drove to Galway city, a city on the coast, known for its river that is full of salmon and trout. While we also visited this castle (properly called a Tower House, much smaller version of a castle) just a short drive outside of the city into the beautiful countryside.
Do you see how green the grass is?! I haven't touched these with any sort of editing. Everything is a more vivid color in Ireland. I made a joke that Ireland needs its own box of special edition crayon.
Next we drove to Doolin, population 200, right in the middle of beautiful countryside, but also just minutes from the coast. The landscape on the drive their was unlike anything I've seen before.
This is just a tower house we found along the road. No signs or markers. There are over 3,000.
On our way to Doolin we visited the very popular Cliffs of Moher. They are famous bluffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. It is a 700 foot drop straight down.
It doesn't look all that tall until you lean in and squint, those tiny little spots are people!
Like any safe tourist site, there was a fence around the edge. But there was a hole in the fence that Michael crawled through, along with my camera and took some more photos. I stayed within the boundaries of safety and looked away from the danger that my husband was putting himself in.
Michael took this picture, standing on the edge of the cliff, reaching his arm (and therefore balance) along with my camera over the edge. The people laying down were too afraid to walk to the edge.
More Irish countryside beauty.
We eventually did make it into Doolin. We stumbled upon this old church, now in ruins. Most tombstones were impossible to read.
This was our B and B for the night.
We spent the evening making friends with a couple from Sweden while in a pub well known for its live music. The owner of our B and B was a well known local musician, often playing in the same pub.
More Ireland coming soon....
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