August 3

Oh Ireland, how I love you!

Today we are on our way to Dingle. A little town nestled along a beautiful bay in Ireland! Dingle is where they filmed P.s. I love You. Rick Steves informed us of the right way to get to Dingle from Tralee. Not necessarily the shortest way but the most scenic way. The drive was incredible. This was what I had always pictured Ireland being like. We hit the road early so we could make it to dingle, sight see, and then make it back on time to catch our flight back to London.

So, as previously mentioned we took the scenic drive and stopped a couple of times for pictures and had the windows down with 10 hands waiving cameras outside. There were five people so that includes drivers hands?!! On one side of the car there was jagged rocks and plant life shooting upwards and on the other was a steep drop with green landscape that extended as far as the eye could see. Rolling hills sprinkled with goats, sheep and cows. At one point, the car was surrounded by cows guided by a little Irishman on his bicycle, of course!

(paparazzi)

(Cows that were in serious need of milking!)

The bay is home to A dolphin. Just one. I wish I could remember his name. Supposedly he makes himself known if you’re looking for him!

We did some browsing and shopping in little street shops that lined the roads in Dingle. A shop owner recommended we have lunch at the garden café. Charming little place. I felt like a local eating my bowl of soup and scone. Simple but probably one of my favorite meals in weeks!

(or maybe not so simple!)

Time to hurry back to Shannon! This time we weren’t as concerned about the prettiest route as we were the fastest route. We sure do have the luck of the Irish! All of us Ireland girls made it back to our flat just before the stroke of midnight!