It was HOT, HOT, HOT today! It reached about 90 degrees!!! Everyone we talked to said that it was unusually hot! Apparently they don't get 2 days in a row of nice weather so we are prepared for cooler weather tomorrow.
We had breakfast and left Galway behind, heading for the Cliffs of Moher. We got on the Wild Atlantic Way and headed towards these cliffs. It was definitely a wild ride. At times, we were on a road that looked like a golf cart path. It was very tricky when a car came the other way. It took us about 2 hours to get to the cliffs. The scenery on the way was amazing. We now understand why Ireland is called the Emerald Isle. So green and lush. Many of the homes we saw were just beautiful, but so remote we wondered how they could live there! Sheep and cows were plentiful.
We finally made it to the cliffs and by the number of people that were there, it was easy to see that it was a popular spot. After we parked the car, we hiked to the top. The sights were just amazing. 650 feet down to the Atlantic, it was an amazing site. We hit the end of the "official" visitor's center area, but saw that you could climb a fence and go even further. After passing clearly marked signs that we are entering at our own risk, we were determined to get the perfect view of these cliffs. Tom got a little too close to the edge for my liking, but there were many people out there with him.
So much fun at the top of the cliffs... We took several pictures and asked a young girl to take a few pics as well. She was great... She obviously knew something about photography and tried to get the perfect picture for us. She claimed it was all about the angle and all about the lighting. More about her in a minute...
So many people were on top of these cliffs, young and old and everyone taking in the sights and daring to climb higher. Kids running around, people with dogs, both of which would make me so nervous! I read that back in May of this year that a 62 year old man went over the cliff. There was also a memorial for all the lives lost at the cliffs. We made it as far as we decided to go and we came across the young girl that took our picture. She was with 2 friends and they were taking pictures of each other. They asked me if I would take their picture (of course, I would pay back the favor since they took our picture). I got their phone, totally ready to take their picture and, little did I know that as soon as I said "Ready?" They took their shirts off (their backs were to me) and facing the cliffs with breasts all hanging out, I took their picture! They were cracking up and Tom and I were laughing so hard! They told me ... "We are just crazy girls from California!" I said "No worries, we are laughing at you from Maryland." Just as I said that a couple walked behind me and said they were from Maryland too! It turns out they live in Walkersville, not too far from us. We had a good laugh, talked to them for a while and said we hoped to find them some time in downtown Frederick. Small world! We are 650 feet above the Atlantic Ocean in Ireland and we find someone from home! Traveling is so fun!
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We spent quite a while at the cliffs, made our way back down, headed to the gift shop (Tom says I always drag him to the gift shops only to buy absolutely nothing!) and made our way back to our car.
Now the fun starts....
We had a heck of a time putting the address for our B&B in the GPS, but we managespd to get something in there near our destination. Once again we headed on the Wild Atlantic way, and it's wild and not too much fun. If you tend to get carsick, this is not the drive for you!!! After driving a short while, we decided we couldn't take it anymore, and Tom suspected we were never going to get off that Wild Atlantic Way. We made our way inland toward Limerick. It was a long drive, on more tiny golf cart paths, and very stressful because everyone drives so darn fast!!! We had no idea if we were heading in the right direction, and not even sure if we would ever find this little B&B.
After what seemed like forever, we finally found our little B&B. Quite remote from what we are used to, we were not even sure we were comfortable going inside! After we sat in the car for a while, we got out and Sharon, the owner, met us. She was so sweet! This is not our favorite place, but she is so nice....she even did our laundry for us! She recommended a restaurant for dinner... Sammys on Inch Beach. Neither one of us liked it! We suffered through our dinner, then went to Castlemaine to a Murphy's Pub. We had a good laugh about all the funny things that happened today, headed back to the B&B. Sharon had our clean clothes waiting for us... It's just like being at home with mom!
Tomorrow, we explore Dingle (I think that's the plan!)
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