Each day seems to find me more and more enamored with this country.\u00a0 Kerry was stunning; it was everything you would expect Ireland to be.\u00a0 So many sheep, beautiful greenliness everywhere, stone walls and huts and cliffs jetting out into the ocean.\u00a0 However, because it actually never rains here (one unmet expectancy), I am tomato red after exploring one of the Blasket Islands, a land where no trees exist, for nearly 2 hours!\u00a0 It was amazing though, but I’m paying for it now.\u00a0 And man is it hard to find sunblock here!\u00a0 Apparently it must actually, usually rain but it’s being abnormal right now…cause seriously, who doesn’t have sunblock?!\u00a0<\/p>\n
Anyways, so a little bit more about our wonderful trip!\u00a0 We took two trains and a\u00a0bus to get where we were going day 1.\u00a0 Of course, the train\u00a0ahead of\u00a0us derailed on the first leg of the trip, so we were delayed by an an hour and a half!\u00a0 When we finally did\u00a0get to Kerry, we went to a giant, lovely park, where we caught\u00a0boat rides to Ross Castle, originally made in the 14th century!\u00a0 Apparently the king and all\u00a0his “castle people” seemed to have a terrible life.\u00a0 They had to sleep upright because\u00a0they all had\u00a0bad respiratory systems from all the fumes and unhealthy living styles back in the day.\u00a0 And\u00a0all the king’s court, or whatever they’re called had to sleep in the same\u00a0room as the\u00a0king and his wife.\u00a0 Talk about lack of privacy…eew.\u00a0 Not to mention the\u00a0bathroom,\u00a0or rather, “poop chute” where\u00a03 people could go at a time.\u00a0 No thank you!\u00a0<\/p>\n
After the castle excursion,\u00a0we drove out to Dingle, a\u00a0quaint town\u00a0with various vibrantly\u00a0painted shops and pubs.\u00a0 The food\u00a0that\u00a0night was so good!\u00a0 We\u00a0went to a bunch of cute little pubs that night, my favorite of which was sort of\u00a0cave like, with low\u00a0ceilings and a maze-like feel to it.\u00a0 So many people though.\u00a0 We happened upon a large crowd of\u00a0people in there that were chanting and shouting while watching\u00a0a man who was likely the pool shark of Dingle.\u00a0 It was quite the rage!\u00a0<\/p>\n
The following day was my favorite for sure though!\u00a0 We drove out to Dingle Peninsula where we stopped to see lots of different little views and sites.\u00a0 There were the beehive huts which were quite\u00a0cute, a crucifixion scene, the beach(more beautiful than Hawaii!), a little Blasket Island tour\/museum place, and Blasket Island itself!\u00a0 It was such a nice weekend, and\u00a0as I said\u00a0earlier, I burned\u00a0to a crisp!\u00a0 We ended up climbing up half the island or more, to see all the old ruins of houses that were left behind after the island was evacuated nearly 80 years ago.\u00a0 I love the way the people talk here by the way; as we were hiking up the side of the island one of our IES Program leaders was like “Man, you get a feckin’ work out in this place!”\u00a0 Haha, great role model, yes?\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 Anyways,\u00a0there were just random sheep and donkeys\u00a0everywhere and so many dogs, at least\u00a0one for every stop!\u00a0 While on the island we saw a one-legged seagull, a seal and perhaps a porpoise or something as well!\u00a0 I love Dingle, such a great little place.\u00a0 It’s also so much easier to find live traditional Irish music there!\u00a0 Good craic.\u00a0 Anywhoo, pictures still won’t work but are\u00a0going to be on facebook, so check em out!<\/p>\n
Lastly, today\u00a0I was back to the grind at my internship.\u00a0 And\u00a0got a half day, I was out by 1 o’clock, pure\u00a0awesomeness.\u00a0 So\u00a0the 5 of us interns grabbed lunch and went\u00a0grocery\u00a0shopping.\u00a0 I ran lots of errands today finally and ended up walking probably a total of 3 hours!\u00a0 I am exhausted and thus am going to sleep soon.\u00a0 Hope you enjoyed reading!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Each day seems to find me more and more enamored with this country.\u00a0 Kerry was stunning; it was everything you would expect Ireland to be.\u00a0 So many sheep, beautiful greenliness everywhere, stone walls and huts and cliffs jetting out into … Continue reading