Tuesday, July 1

Tuesday, July 1 It was a long night in the airport, but we finally left Chicago and made it to Rochester. Ben’s family was already there waiting for us. They drove us to our apartment, home, sweet, home. It was a wonderful adventure in Ireland. We can’t wait to show everyone our pictures!! See everyone soon!

Monday, June 30

Monday, June 30 Our last day in Ireland. We got up early to give ourselves enough driving time to get to the airport. Since we had left early, we stopped in Adare and checked out some little shops. Last time shopping in Ireland. We also saw a really big house, that is now used as a hotel, the Manor House. We were able to drive around the grounds and walk around the house. We then headed to the airport. It took a while to get checked in. Upon check in, we were not assigned seats and were told to check in again before we boarded. When we went to check in, we found out that they sold too many seats, and we were bumped up to first class for FREE! It was great. We were served drinks, a 3 course meal, soda, chips, another sandwich and we watched 3 movies each!! It was very roomy and comfortable. We then landed in Philadelphia around 5pm and then headed to Chicago around 8:30pm. We got to Chicago after 10 and we were not scheduled to leave until Tuesday morning. (sorry I don't have any pictures on this day, they are still on my camera and we lent out my card reader. I will share some later)

Sunday, June 29

Sunday, June 29 The Dingle Peninsula Today we left the Ring of Kerry and headed around the Dingle Peninsula. We stopped in Dingle and walked around looking at the town. This town was very tourist friendly. There were bus loads of people in town. We then ventured all the way around the peninsula until we got back to Dingle. We ate dinner at the oldest pub in town-Lord Baker’s. It was some great seafood. We then headed towards Limerack. We didn’t make to Limerack, but we found a huge B&B to spend our last night in Ireland at.

Saturday, June 28

Saturday, June 28 After eating an Irish Breakfast at the B&B, we did a little shopping in Killarney and then ventured to the Killarney National Park. There we saw the Muckross Castle and the Muckross house. We also saw Torc waterfall. Very beautiful. We then ventured along the Ring of Kerry. We stopped many times to walk around and enjoy the beautiful scenes of Ireland’s west coast. We ventured all the way to the north side of the Ring of Kerry and found a B&B in Glenbeigh. There we found some dinner and turned in for the evening.

Friday, June 27

Friday, June 27 Today we checked out from our apartment in Galway and headed south with Mike and Sara. We would stop along the way for breaks and to take pictures, but we headed toward the Blarney Stone. The Blarney Castle was very large. The grounds were amazing. Yes, we all kissed the Blarney stone at the top of the castle. After we viewed the castle and the grounds, we headed to Killarney for dinner and to find a bed and breakfast for the night.

Thursday, June 26

Thursday, June 26 The weather was not looking the best, but we went to the Aran Islands anyways. It was very windy and the ferry ride was very tough for me. Once we got to the island, we ate some lunch and then did a van tour. Our driver was a great tour guide. He was born and raised on the island and was able to give us a lot of history about the sites. We got dropped off at Don Angius to walk around and then we were picked up to finish our tour of the island. On the way back to the boat, we saw a seal. It was pretty neat. The sun came out for our ferry ride back to the main land. Once we were back in Galway, we ate and then enjoyed the sunset by a castle near our apartment.

Wednesday, June 25

Waves crashing and Ben running with his camera. The local cows at the Burrens lined up for their photo.