Ireland Day 2- Galway to Dingle

Today, we woke up to a traditional Irish breakfast prepared by Trish, the owner of the Lynfield House B & B.  Jet lag still a factor, but we’re off to the Cliffs of Moher.  As we made our way along the Wild Atlantic Way (the longest defined coastal dive in the world), we encountered some interesting and cool sights along the way. At one point the traffic suddenly came to a crawl, then we realized the culprit…COWS!! 

 Took us a minute to pass the herd, but Pepe really enjoyed his car ride. 

We also made sure to stop and check out our surroundings along the way.  At Murrooughtoohy, we could see The Aran Islands, Connemara, Galway Bay, and Black Head.

Here is a panoramic view of Murroughtoohy and me with Black Head in the back

Opening in the cliff

Pepe testing his luck
 

Heart in the rock (Just for you Mama T)

We also passed many horses just chilling out in the pasture and some pretty cool looking buildings.

Pepe stumbling upon another Putt.

Alas, we made it to the Cliffs of Moher.  It was absolutely stunning and a little frightening the closer we got to the edge.  


View of a castle at the Cliffs of Moher and Pepe chilling in the castle window.

Zoom in on the first picture right near the top of the ledge, You will see the size of the people and realize the tremendous size of the cliff.  My heart dropped as I hung my feet over the edge of the ledge... only 702' feet tall!

Pepe’s too…

As we continued our drive to Dingle, we had to drive extra careful because of the 

"pedestrians" in and right on the edge the street...

 

Once we got to Dingle, I learned that we were staying in what used to be an old horse stable, very fitting… and good thing we got the smallest room in the place, which oddly enough was just perfect.  

Maurice, the owner, was just fantastic! He was all about cracking jokes, most of which were pointed towards Ray, which I can always get on board about.  The town of Dingle is really cool, just a small “fishery harbor” as they say.  

The town celebrity is none other than a bottle nose dolphin named “Fungie”, who has lived in the harbor for almost 30 years.  Ray and I spent some time poking around, seeing if we could lure him out, but to no avail.  Guess the statue had to do…

Check out this shot of Dingle at sunset…

After dinner, we wondered around in the rain to find some traditional Irish music and enjoyed some Crean’s lagers, locally brewed in Dingle.  Pepe is quick to try all the new beers we find

Oh and we had some brown bread ice cream which was absolutely amazing!!!