A Visit to Eire

Dingle (ha ha)!

Ugh - lost my big post! Stupid IE.... now I'm gonna have to cut this short. Anyway, last night we stayed in a hostel along the Ring of Kerry owned by the smartest Irishman in Ireland - he had five busloads of tourists this morning paying him for the privelige of watching him round up his sheep. He also owned a pub, a quarry and was somehow connected with the post office.

So the weather finally broke today as we finished the Ring of Kerry and got onto the Dingle peninsula. We stopped at some amazing beaches - the Inch sand spit is 5km long and is a giant dune field with amazing surf... and after that we found a tiny beach off the beaten path with a castle and a quarry at it. The quarry just happened to be full of quartz crystals - which brought out a silver lining to all the rain we've had. Without any tools, we could only forage for the crystals, and the rain had exposed them in the dirt. Michelle found an amazing aggregate of scepters, and the whole ground was gleaming with tiny ones. And did I mention the castle? And the beach?

The answer to the last post, btw, is Dr. Pepper. It is the sparkling fruit flavored soda here. ??? Seriously.

Here's some pictures of the last few days. This takes forever on Blogger but we'll try to get some more up soon.

posted by Michelle @ 5:48 PM