traveling with my parents

This post comes to you from Lexington, KY, where I'm visiting my sister Clare and her husband Peter (joined by our other sister Sarah) for a week before I come home.

So, on Friday the 13th my parents arrived in Dublin and we traveled for a week. We had sunny weather for A WEEK STRAIGHT - this is UNHEARD of! We were as lucky as you can get.

The first thing we did was to head out to Mountainstown, but since you've already seen plenty of pictures of all my walks, I'll just include this one of me with Ozzy and Schnoogie.

This is one thing that surprised me about being at Mountainstown - I learned to like dogs! I missed them as soon as I left, and now I've started hoping there is a dog at my job this summer... I never thought it would happen to me. I still like big dogs better, though. And part of the reason I liked these dogs is that they are well trained. So I don't have a blanket love for all dogs. Don't get any ideas.




So, the first stop on our journey was Ardmore, on the coast, which has a lovely coast walk as part of St. Declan's way. The cemetary near his church - note all the Celtic crosses:


View from the walk:

Check out this thatch!

Sign for a hiking trail:

St. Patrick's Day! We went to a parade in Killarney - lots of kids. Yes, that is a Guinness in my hand...

Happy cigarrettes?

The next two nights, we stayed at the Harbor House and Leisure Center on the end of the Dingle Peninsula just outside of Castlegregory. If you find yourself in Ireland some summer wanting to do some scuba diving or surfing or horseback riding - this place was empty when we were there, being the off season, but you can tell it's a blast in season - they are big into all of those things, the whole family dives, the proprieters talk talk talk talk talk (they're Irish), but they are lovely people, they have a nice restaurant... I definitely recommend this place.

Anyway, our first night featured a glorious sunset, so we went and played on the beach.

Mama and Papa:

Papa finds a toy:

We climbed some sand dunes to watch the sunset:




And the sun had a tail:

We got unnaturally tall:

And then we saw this guy telling us to stay off the sand dunes - oops:

Next day we drove over Connor Pass to Dingle. There were some spectacular views along the way:

In the west, we found more rocks:

And more glorious views:

Obviously this is a very small taste of our trip - but if you are planning to travel in Ireland please tell me so I can either tell you about places I liked or just live vicariously!

So, that's my final blog update until next time I leave the country - stay well!