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Rhonda and I spent our holiday in Ireland this year. We had initially planned to ride the harley but the forecast was for rain almost every day so we drove the truck instead. As is turned out, the weather wasn't really all that bad. We took a ferry from South Wales to Rosslare, and spent our first night near Waterford. We backtracked a bit the next morning to check out the Kennedy homestead near Ross, which was really interesting, then continued on, stopping for a tour of the Waterford crystal factory that afternoon.


We left Waterford toward Cork, and turned south to Kinsale, a pretty town on the coast for some dinner and beer. After a night in Kinsale we drove to Killarney, and then around the "Ring of Kerry". The ring took us along most of the coastline of the southwest of Ireland, with some spectacular views of ocean, beaches and cliffs, with a few points of interest along the way.


We did a lot of driving, close to 2000 miles on this trip, but well worth it. I think the photos speak for themselves, I can't really say too much about the views, they are spectacular. After the Ring of Kerry we went 'round the "Ring of Dingle", and then drove a bit north to see the Cliffs of Moher.




I finally got my Guiness! The tour was fun, and made a great way to end our tour of Ireland. We sailed back from Dublin to Holyhead, Wales and drove back down through Wales, which turned out to be every bit as beautiful. All in all, a great trip, beautiful, relaxing and enjoyable. It's good to be home, too.
Posted by phanvey at August 29, 2005 08:43 PM