Doolin

 I didn’t do a blog yesterday as we had driven from the north to the southwest.  It took us about 4-1/2 hrs of driving + stops.  We left just before 10 am and arrived in Doolin around 4:30 pm.  It was a lovely drive though, we headed west first toward Londonderry, then turned south southwest, by Donegal, Sligo, and Galway.

We don’t have much in the way of pictures.  But here’s one while on the road.  Yes, this is 2 lanes.

Our new place in Doolin is called Castleview, and here’s why (from our window).


This is Doolin from the drone.


After we got settled in our new place, we headed off to find somewhere to eat.  O’Connor’s Pub wasn’t very far, so some of us walked and 1 car drove some.  It was John’s 70th birthday, after all, so we had to celebrate.  There are some cute shops along the way.  This wool shop has a thatched roof, and we saw a few of these here.

Here are the 2 70-year old birthday babes.  Sue had hers on Sept 1st and John Sept 11th.


So that was it for the day we drove down here - Sept 11th.  Lots of celebrating.

The next day was spent around Doolin.  Some of us were walking the Cliffs of Moher trail (right beside our residence).  

Here’s Gerard having fun holding up that castle.



We didn’t make it all the way to the cliffs, as it was 5 km, as the crow flies.  But it was a beautiful walk, nonetheless.  Just a few along the way.



That is the start of the Cliffs of Moher in the distance.




And I met these critters along the way - the cow tried to ignore me, the baby bull was cute, and I petted the horse, of course.



Later we boarded a boat from the Doolin Pier to see the Cliffs of Moher from the sea.  It was absolutely gorgeous.  This is called the Nag’s Head because of what it looks like and is at the southern end of the Cliffs of Moher.


And an arch that will eventually wear away to become a sea stack.




There is a sea stack in the front left of this cliff with the tower above it.  We could see people up above, which is 702 feet above the water.



We had a great relaxing day and then headed off to McGann’s Pub for a wonderful dinner.













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