Ireland: Day Five & Six

Our last two days in Ireland have been wonderful. We have gotten really lucky with the weather and have only had a few drops of rain. This is a beautiful country and I will miss the cute small towns.

We started Day Five of our trip bright and early, like every other day. Like I mentioned in the last post, we took a ferry from Killiner to Tarbert before heading around the Ring of Kerry. The Ring of Kerry was a very pleasant drive. We were very glad that we were driving the same way as the tour busses because they forced cars driving on the other side to make sure they were in their lane, and not ours. This made my dad a little less stressed while driving. We stopped at some castle ruins and stone forts about a third of the way through and then the town of Kenmare later on. This was a very cute town with delicious ice cream. :) After finishing the Ring of Kerry we enjoyed a night in the town of Killarney. We found the perfect pub later in the evening that served pizza and had live Irish music. The pizza was delicious and they also had a yummy cheesecake.

He found the throne in the stone fort!

The family stopped on the Ring of Kerry to take a picture with this gorgeous view.

This morning we woke up and grabbed coffee at the only open coffee shop. A lot of the places in town didn't seem to open until 9 or 9:30. We packed up the car and headed to Ross castle. We skipped the tour because we had to wait 45 minutes for the next available one, so we snapped a few pictures and headed on our way to Dublin. We arrived in Dublin around 3:00 PM, made a visit at the Dublin castle, and walked around town. We had pizza at a lovely small Italian place and then went and saw the famous Temple Bar with the live webcam. A few of our relatives were able to see us on the camera, so that provided some excitement. Finally, we headed back to the hotel and are currently preparing for our early morning departure. Our flight to Budapest departs at 7:00 AM, but my brother's flight home takes off at 6:25 AM, so we are heading to the airport bright and early tomorrow.

Jacob and I at the entrance of Ross Castle.

The parents and grandparents in Dublin Castle.

Tomorrow begins my adventure in Budapest. I will have more updates after I get settled and I will also post the link to the video I am making for the Ireland trip once it is completed.

Szia,

Ashley