Another gorgeous day! We have been so very fortunate to have beautiful weather for yesterday's tour
of the ring of Kerry and today's trip to the Cliffs of Moher! We head off to the Shannon Ferry which
will take us across the River Shannon.
I took a few pics as we awaited the ferry's arrival of one of the things that has surprised me about Ireland – palm trees!! There aren't a bunch of them, but they are here!
Once on the ferry we took the 20 min ride and were off into the hills again on our way to the Cliffs of Moher.
They are a big tourist attraction, but well managed and we enjoyed the sweeping views. Another thing that has surprised me about Ireland is the number of cows! I expected sheep, but I swear we have seen as many cows as sheep! And most of them seem to be lying down. Not sure why that is, but I got a couple of cows who were grazing (or lazing) at the Cliffs of Moher!
Think of seeing cows outside one of our national monuments.
Next on to our lunch spot, in Coherconnell. After a nice lunch (preceeded by a complimentary shot of Irish Whiskey that had a slice of lemon with a clove in it and was warm and quite smooth!) we were given a sheepdog demo.
This time in addition to herding sheep, the dogs also herded cattle. They bite the cattle to herd them. It was quite entertaining as one of the dogs was still fairly young and she didn't quite obey as well as she might have.
Next on into the Burren region further – which was very rocky and quite a difficult area for things to grow. But grow they did and it was very beautiful in a different way than the green fields of Ireland we have become used to seeing.
We are staying in Galway for the next two nights. It's a cute little hotel (Westwood House) but the wireless internet apparently can't reach the depths of the hotel – at least not as far as room 205! Oh, that's another interesting item we've discovered in hotels here. The first floor is floor zero, and the second is the first and so on.
Tomorrow we tour Connemara.
I took a few pics as we awaited the ferry's arrival of one of the things that has surprised me about Ireland – palm trees!! There aren't a bunch of them, but they are here!
Once on the ferry we took the 20 min ride and were off into the hills again on our way to the Cliffs of Moher.
They are a big tourist attraction, but well managed and we enjoyed the sweeping views. Another thing that has surprised me about Ireland is the number of cows! I expected sheep, but I swear we have seen as many cows as sheep! And most of them seem to be lying down. Not sure why that is, but I got a couple of cows who were grazing (or lazing) at the Cliffs of Moher!
Think of seeing cows outside one of our national monuments.
Next on to our lunch spot, in Coherconnell. After a nice lunch (preceeded by a complimentary shot of Irish Whiskey that had a slice of lemon with a clove in it and was warm and quite smooth!) we were given a sheepdog demo.
This time in addition to herding sheep, the dogs also herded cattle. They bite the cattle to herd them. It was quite entertaining as one of the dogs was still fairly young and she didn't quite obey as well as she might have.
Next on into the Burren region further – which was very rocky and quite a difficult area for things to grow. But grow they did and it was very beautiful in a different way than the green fields of Ireland we have become used to seeing.
We are staying in Galway for the next two nights. It's a cute little hotel (Westwood House) but the wireless internet apparently can't reach the depths of the hotel – at least not as far as room 205! Oh, that's another interesting item we've discovered in hotels here. The first floor is floor zero, and the second is the first and so on.
Tomorrow we tour Connemara.
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