Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Doolin to Oranmore














I have to say the B&B in Doolin was the best of the trip. Our host was the most genuinely friendly and helpfull that we met. The previous lodgers had declined the Irish breakfast but not us :). I think we should have started an Irish Breakfast fan club,lol. The B&B is called Bay View on the Cliffs of Moher road. The host is Mrs Bridie Browne and her number is 353657074325. There is no website address . It is the only placed I stayed, apart from Coan of course, that I would want to stay again. It is open from May 1 to September 30.



It is a good thing the B&B was so good because this day was the longest and most tiring of the trip.



We started with a boat trip out to Inisheer, the smallest of the Aran Islands. It was a beautiful day and the island was equally beautiful. We had less than 3 hours there, hardly enough to explore it. As we waited for the boat to bring us back to the mainland, some local teenagers gave a display of Irish dancing. Also an auction was held, in Irish. The auction was to sell bags of turf to help finance a traditional dancing group. We went on the optional trip by boat to the base of the Cliffs of Moher. It was interesting to see the cliffs from beneath but the boat ride was too rough and on balance not worth it.



The Burren is an unique habitat and the more Cosmin saw of it, the more he wanted to see,lol. We stopped for dinner in Gort.It was almost 11pm when we finally got to Oranmore and our lodgings for the night. I was exhausted .



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