Today we woke up to bright, clear, and sunny skies. Of course it hailed and then snowed later, with the sun breaking through here and there. I am so looking forward to sitting on a beach and basking in the sun—sweating! Again, more amazingly beautiful coastline. It’s absolutely incredible how gorgeous everything is over here. The beaches are huge, the cliffs are amazing. We went to see Slieve League, which are the highest sea cliffs in Europe. Meg—they are 3-4 times higher than the Cliffs of Mohr, 1,962 feet high. I got the coolest shot of them (see the picture), it was right after a hail storm passed and there was a rainbow going across, which you can see. So pretty. After that we went to see Kilclooney Dolmen, which is a type of stone grave, ala Stone Henge. The one we saw was sort of triangular, three pillars, with a huge flat stone covering the tops of the pillars. It makes no sense how on earth people managed to lift huge stones on top of pillars thousands of years ago. None. So tomorrow we’re crossing the border into Northern Ireland. I’m traveling with a mother, and her two children. She’s very up on current politics in Ireland and is an avid supporter of Sin Feinn, which has added an interesting dynamic, as people aren’t as vocal here about their support or non-support of the IRA. Needless to say, I’m hoping in town settings we all keep quiet and only stick out as lovely Americans.
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Gorgeous! I can't believe those cliffs are bigger than the cliffs of mohr....oh how I wish I was there...although, I'm not too jealous of the hail and "daggers hitting your face!" Megan Walsh
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