This was a busy day. We travelled through Tralee and Listowel on to the town of Tarbert and boarded the ferry to cross the Shannon River. Once again the scenery is magnifcent. Rolling hills with mountains in the back ground, green pastures dotted with cattle and sheep, brightly coloured bushes of yellows, whites, purples and pinks.
The weather is slightly cooler and Heather has dressed for the occassion. Our bus driver Keith took one look at her and asked if she was expecting a tornado or something. Thus began another day of laughter.
We have moved in to rockier terrain where all of the fences are made of stone. Rumour has it if you put all of the walls in Ireland in a straight row it would be long enough to circle the world twice. These walls are known as famine reliefe or penny walls, built during the great famine years around 1845. The people were given food in exchange for building the walled fence lines. it is quite evident in the number of walls that many people suffered at during time.
Our driver suggested we all pitch in and buy some lottery tickets as tonights lottery is worth 3 million Euros. Vi had a lucky shamrock coin so everyone rubbed the coin for good luck and Keith purchased a ticket. Let's hope our luck continues and we all return home a little richer.
Our first stop was Joseph McHugh's pub in the town of Liscannor for a fish and chip lunch. MMMM MMM good. Have I told you about the food? It's amazing. During our time at the pub Jacqueline picked up a lovely friend and even recieved a marriage proposal.
Onward to our next stop, the magnificent Cliffs of Moher which are dramatically beautiful. Lucky for us the sky is clear so the cliffs are visible. What a sight. The sky and water are wonderful colours of blue and the cliffs are stunning. We met a small group from Aurora, ON and one of them had found some four leaf clovers. Some of the gals decided to scour the clovers to find their own lucky charm. Debbie found 5 and Anne Marie found one. Let's hope this luck will pass on to our lottery tickets.
We continue our drive through the Burren which is a very rocky area. There are walls of rock everywhere which makes for a very interesting country side. There are still some thatched roofed homes and cottages in this area and also the worlds largest thatched roof hote can be found here. We wind our way down the corkscrew road into the city of Galway. Our hotel is on Galway bay over looking the water and it is evident this is a resort town.
Tomorrow we are taking a scenic drive to Connemara. More to come......
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