Well, good news! We got Perri into the bar last night. We all ended up at a pub in downtown Killarney, drinking a pint and listening to some music. It was awesome. The old ones walked home around 11pm, and the young ones stayed until about midnight.
This morning I was once again up for the day at 5:30 am. I got ready and then went to find Peggy and Arleen, whose room was on the first floor. I was sitting in the window because it was so hot when I realized that the bus was just outside the room, and our driver was on it. Peggy started teasing about how she should crawl out and hand somebody her luggage so that she didn't have to haul it up the half-flight of stairs up to street level. I turned around, opened the window wide, and climbed out. We were joking and laughing and they took pictures of me climbing back in.
When we went to breakfast, Laurie, Alisa, and Traci were already in there. I walked into the room and they all yelled, "Why are you climbing out of the window?!?" Apparently the dining room overlooked the window that I was climbing out of, so Laurie took a picture of me. Oops.
When we got on the bus, we went to Bunratty Castle, which is a 15 century castle that was restored from 1954 to 1967 by a Lord and Lady Cort. They then donated the castle to Ireland, so it is now a national monument. Our guide was an awesome Irishman named Jack (Sean in Gaelic) who hammed it up big-time. The castle was awesome, but the real neat part was the village that was attached. Think Williamsburg, only in Ireland. We had lunch there, and then headed down the road to the Cliffs of Moher.
The Cliffs of Moher are by far the neatest thing that we have seen. We hiked up and took many, many pictures of both sides of the observatory. There is a tower on one side, and I climbed to the very top to take pictures. I'm going to let the pictures speak for themselves.
Tonight we are at the Burren Castle Hotel in Livsendoornva. We are staying here for two nights....and it is awesome. We actually had a choice of meal tonight, and now we are off to listen to the live trad music. Tomorrow we are going to the Caves of Ailwee, and tomorrow night we are going to have a chance to learn Irish dances and watch the locals dance. We are very excited about that.
Mom, guess how much that phone call from Dublin cost me!
$41.91. Ouch.
Love you all and miss you much.
Jan and Jen, Molly says hi and she misses you.
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oh my gosh...do you have enough money to get home??? I am commenting as annoymous because I have trouble with it letting me comment as Helen Wiederrick...take care...we watch several times every afternoon for your update..
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Yikes Kristin! I shouldn't be surprised that you could talk for $41 worth, but that is high. Molly called and talked for about 40 minutes today. It was good to chat with her and hear about all of the cool things. It all sounds so great! I am so excited to take my trip to Ireland. Love these blogs, girl!! Give Molly a hug from me, please!
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Kristin, Kara gave me your website and it is awesome! I love that you are having such a good time! Your blogs are so vivid I am living vicariously through you!! I look forward to checking this and looking at the pics! Have fun! Josie
ReplyDeleteoh man...seriously...breaking the law in so many ways in a foreign country...leave it to you to do something like that!! :) i am telling ya...molls better come back with an irish lad for me or else the trip was worthless ;) just teasing...you guys sound like you are seeing lots of neat stuff, and i cannot wait to see the pictures that go along with this adventure! keep safe and have fun! (since you are already giving molly a hug from my mom...you can just slap her from me if you want....) :)
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I've been checking this every day since Bennett told me about it. Looks like so much fun! Glad to see everyone is enjoying themselves & you're immersing (sp?) yourselves in the culture!! Hope the 2nd half is just as exciting as the first for you guys.
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