Blarney Castle
Onto the new adventures!!
Saturday, December 23, 2017
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Galway to Tralee, Day 10th, August 29th
Ok, completely lazy on this one. Will fill in the details later.
Cliffs of Moher
Dolmen
Limerick
Cliffs of Moher
Limerick
Adare
Askeaton & its gopnicks
Tralee (vali) & its gourmet food
North-west & Galway, Day 9, August 28th
Feeling lazy for will keep this extra short. No a/c in our rooms so we were able to negotiate free breakfast for all. And they moved us to a larger room. Great Maldron hotel & very nice manager. That's us, after breakfast. We were impressed to see a large group from South America. Russian tourists have nothing on their style. The staff looked completely demoralized. 
We've started the day at on of the typical home/castles that potentially pre-dated larger castles that had a defensive wall and the castle inside. This design had a smaller/less defensible wall and a defensive castle complete with the murder holes and other fun contraptions. This one also had a secret lock room for the prisoners right next to the castle owner's bedroom. Pretty interesting. Keep your friends close but your enemies by your bedside, apparently.
Polinka and I enjoyed our time at the castle, reviewing the different floors and reading the posters, while kids were running around. When we came out, kids were nowhere to be seen. So we figured they went to join dads at the parking lot and leisurely strolled 200 or so meters back to our car. When we got there, kids were not there - apparently they were left at the castle. So we turned back and went to get them. Shortly after Isabella's screams could be heard loud and clear all around. Poor kids went to the bathroom at the castle and we've missed them. Novichenok's were quietly waiting by the ticket office. Our kids were never "dropped off" before so they were ready for the full panic mode. Certainly gave everyone a nice shot of adrenaline. 
Kylemore Abbey. Best viewed from the vantage point of this picture. Absolutely not worth going inside. Last time because of the rain, we limited ourselves to the mediocre cafeteria. This time around we've extended experience with a giant garden that has long failed at trying to keep up with the grandiose plans of its creator and two rooms of the abbey that have the usual trappings of the similar establishment diluted somewhat by the monastic occupation. What a tourist trap. Felt pretty stupid. 
Back in Galway. We love everything about this city. Every street and almost every building seem to hide a secret. We enjoyed walking around the streets, magnificent cathedral, lovely Murphy's and a nice bar that Romik found. 
One gotcha - sampled the local beer at the bar downstairs. They need to keep trying. But it was a great day. 
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