Heading North to the Cliffs

While wishing us a good trip our hostess asked where we were going next.  We told her that our friend Kim told us not to miss The Cliffs of Moher, and she ageed that it was definitely worth going to see, so Bob pointed the car north, and off we went back to The Wild Atlantic Way, the Irish scenic drive.

What does this say?  I'm so glad they had the English translation on the bottom, because I could never, ever translate that and tell Bob where to turn next.

We passed Trump International Golf Links and Hotel, but I couldn't get my camera out fast enough.  There was a huge gold sign, but we blew past that pretty quickly.  After a nice drive along the coast we came to The Cliffs of Moher, and they were very impressive, but very crowded.

 The cliffs rise 702' at their highest point and range for 5 miles over the Atlantic Ocean.

Stay back from the edge Bob!

I always laugh at the people who ignore warning signs and go for the better picture.  Bob knows better than to try that with me around!

The B&B in Clare was owned by a family who lived in the left side of the house and ran the B&B in the other half of the house.  

Our hostess was very friendly, but she made absolutely the worst eggs we had on the whole trip.  They were scrambled to within an inch of their lives.  Not burned, just VERY dry, but she was so sweet!

Clare was very close to Bunratty Castle.

The nearby pub was a fun place to have dinner and another Guinness.  Actually, by this time I decided to switch to cider.  Irish cider is great!

 Another castle.  We never realized that there were so many castles in Ireland.

 While driving through the Burren region we stopped at a ringfort archaeological project.

 This ringfort was estimated to have been built in the 10th century.

These volunteers dig the ground out, sift it for artefacts, and return it back to the way they found it.

The ringfort was too large take a picture of the entire fort, but it was large enough to house a small village of people back in those days.

Another interesting stop in The Burren Region was this Portal Tomb we came upon.

The Burren Region, a 10 square mile plateau, is quite barren, even more so than the Badlands in the U.S. 

Another castle,

and two more pints of Guinness before spending the night in Galway.  Tomorrow is a fun day, but I'll save it for another day and another post.