DAY-30: The Dingle Peninsula
Day – 30: Thursday, September 21, 2017
Starting Location: Killarney, Ireland
Interim Location: Dingle, Ireland
Interim Location: Dingle, Ireland
Ending Location: Killarney, Ireland
Today we would tour the Dingle Peninsula. After breakfast we were picked up to begin the day's journey.
En-route to Dingle we made our usual stops for the usual reasons, keeping the seven of us comfortable for the journey. They even had Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream in the store along with the more practical supplies of peat blocks and Polish coal for heating the local homes.
With regard to the scenery of the Dingle Peninsula, it's fair to echo the sentiments of the many who have traveled before us. The fields, the hills, the beaches and cliffs all contribute to scenery overload. The fact that it was a sunny day made the colors even more vibrant. The pictures can do the talking.
Following the circuit we stopped in Dingle for an hour or so to take in the local sights and perhaps as importantly to have a taste of Murphy's Ice Cream.
In Dingle we learned of one of its famous citizens, Fungi the dolphin. Perhaps we've been over-exposed to dolphins in the U.S. as Fungi didn't appear to be much different than Flipper and/or many of the dolphins swimming up and down the east and west coast beaches. (That's is not a dolphin in the above photo, it's Fungi to the left)
From Dingle we again passed through amazing countryside and as if we hadn't seen them before we made a stop or two for the sheep.
En-route to our hotel in Killarney we stopped briefly at Tralee allowing for a short walk and rest stop. Tralee is noted for rose festivals and during a walk in one of the gardens Sheila's Perfume Rose was found.
We returned to the hotel in the late afternoon. Before heading into town we broke out the cheese, bread, fruit and wine and had a pre-dinner affair during which time someone suggested we create Limericks (we would soon be visiting Limerick thus we needed to be ready); perhaps we'll share a few somewhere down the road.
Following the snacks we took the hotel's shuttle into Killarney for the evening. Having not eaten in the past thirty minutes we homed in on our evening's dinner choice at Trevaud's to be followed by an evening of Irish sounds and a few pints of beer and shots of Jameson at The Danny Mann Pub.
With food and drinks having been consumed we found a taxi for our return to the hotel and began our preparations for tomorrow (aka sleep).
Today we would tour the Dingle Peninsula. After breakfast we were picked up to begin the day's journey.
En-route to Dingle we made our usual stops for the usual reasons, keeping the seven of us comfortable for the journey. They even had Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream in the store along with the more practical supplies of peat blocks and Polish coal for heating the local homes.
With regard to the scenery of the Dingle Peninsula, it's fair to echo the sentiments of the many who have traveled before us. The fields, the hills, the beaches and cliffs all contribute to scenery overload. The fact that it was a sunny day made the colors even more vibrant. The pictures can do the talking.
Greg, don't look behind you ...
In Dingle we learned of one of its famous citizens, Fungi the dolphin. Perhaps we've been over-exposed to dolphins in the U.S. as Fungi didn't appear to be much different than Flipper and/or many of the dolphins swimming up and down the east and west coast beaches. (That's is not a dolphin in the above photo, it's Fungi to the left)
From Dingle we again passed through amazing countryside and as if we hadn't seen them before we made a stop or two for the sheep.
En-route to our hotel in Killarney we stopped briefly at Tralee allowing for a short walk and rest stop. Tralee is noted for rose festivals and during a walk in one of the gardens Sheila's Perfume Rose was found.
We returned to the hotel in the late afternoon. Before heading into town we broke out the cheese, bread, fruit and wine and had a pre-dinner affair during which time someone suggested we create Limericks (we would soon be visiting Limerick thus we needed to be ready); perhaps we'll share a few somewhere down the road.
Following the snacks we took the hotel's shuttle into Killarney for the evening. Having not eaten in the past thirty minutes we homed in on our evening's dinner choice at Trevaud's to be followed by an evening of Irish sounds and a few pints of beer and shots of Jameson at The Danny Mann Pub.
