Ireland day 5 fota iland resort

 Hi! this is JM and CM as you know thbs grand daters. I know its day 5 but we are going to talk about day 4. So what happend was we went to the zoo in Ireland and thb didnt And we didnt come over to tell you about it so now were doing it.

HERE WE GO......................................................................................

ps. sorry we got ixited so here we go.

ps. agen thb will talk about day 5 after.

                       this is the baby giraffe isnt he the cutest!

                                   he has an older sister.

                             
                           this is CMs favorite animal CM even took the 

                                     picture.            ps. we both took pictures but 

                                        this is CMs.  

                                This ostrich is the meanest animal at the zoo.                                   theres even lions at the zoo!

Co-posters: JM and CM

Ireland Days 7-8

 

THB had camera to computer issues. Yes, you've heard it before. There are another 40-50 pics are being held captive on THB's phone which, baring a miracle, will end up there for all eternity. Too bad, because our last two days were full of pretty countryside, unusual cliff formations, cute towns. 

These are semi-sorted in chronological order. Actually, maybe by activity. It confounds the science! S&G spoof. 

We're taking a horse and buggy ride3 through the National Park

The twins are up front, jabbering away

Notice the seaters? Cool and sunny

half our group is in the next horse & buggy...aka, Jaunty

the other 8 year old is being the driver

 reception and dinner the last night; THB leaves early due to noise level

ferry, take me across the Shannon River

twins and mom take a horseback ride thru the NP

Falconry event, THB sits this one out also. The birds are real

JM in staredown

similar time zone as Tour de France

excellent brewskies

small amusement park near our hotel

our room on the last night, lovely

each night one parent slept with one twin, twins were not allowed to share a room, too young

ruins of a monastery originally constructed in the 1100s, torn apart in the mid 1600s when Oliver Cromwell was in charge for 4 years after having arranged to have King Charles I murdered

Irelandd Day 6: Fotas Island to Killarney

 

Day 6: a transit day from Fota Island to Killarny with stops for pastries and coffee, sheepherding demo, sheepshearing, and around the town of Killarney, mostly told in pics.

It was the hottest day of the trip and we were standing in the bright sun from 11:30 to almost 1. Unfortunately, THB was taking his essential tremors meds and side effect of the drug and hot weather is to feel like crap. That set in while we were in Killarny having lunch outdoors. By the time we reached the hotel THB was near collapse and our room did not have a/c.

After unpacking, DB had gone off to the next event, a falconry and owl demo. She stopped at the desk and we took a downgrade to get a/c. Then she and KM discussed it and we traded a Martin room for the downgrade and now THB was in his 3rd room of the afternoon and unpacked for the second time. So much better. And DB reclaimed a bathtub which got eliminated in the downgrade.

breakfast 

bakery: 33E includes to flat whites; 25E/pp supplied by Taick

parklet (pre-covid?)

on the foothills, may also be the tallest peaks in Ireland

sheep

why THB should have stopped his propanolol

TAF cooling down in water buclet

sheep are quaking 

can I get a volunteer to paint this butt?

well done, JM

maybe use a blinking light or automated stop signs

Killarney is jumping, traffic at a standstill, it is Race day and "kids" are dressed up

Great Southern Hotel

either the first or second room, not the  third

the activity THB missed

it is not easy to stare down an owl

BOOK REVIEW 

Small Comfort, Ia Genberg (novel, read by Christine Rendel, Rory Barnett, Matthew Lloyd Davies & Hannah Curtis): 5 non-interlocking stories, usually with characters that gone through some dramatic life changes. Okay, not great