Trip across North America and back
In the morning we walked up to Clifden to the farmer’s market and then to the Station House Museum, where they have displays relating to the Connemara pony. They are 13-14 hand ponies, similar to our Rind Aske, the Norwegian fjord many years ago, we had to head back to the house at this point Continue Reading
We had a relaxing morning. There is a piano in the house, so I could actually practice for the concert next week. We headed up to Connemara, had lunch in the tea house, and then went on a long hike. We returned home, walked to Clifden for dinner and Irish music at EJ King’s. Connemara Continue Reading
I can’t seem to add pictures to my blog at the moment. I hope to add them later. We woke early and walked in to Clifden, having breakfast at Walsh’s Cafe and then shopping for some groceries. At Walsh’s, we found a brochure for Kylemore Abbey in Connemara. It sounded interesting, so we went over Continue Reading
We arrived in Ireland Tuesday morning and were on our way in our rental Skoda (Czech subsidery of VW) Octavia from Thrifty rent-a-car. Very nice big car with five speeds and a Diesel engine. We are staying in Clifden, which is about 3.5 hours west of Dublin, so we headed out, keeping left. Very nice motorway Continue Reading
Big weekend leading up to setting off for Ireland. On Saturday, Geoff, Laura, Cyrus and Graham arrived for the start of summer. Sunday was a hectic day which involved getting Cyrus packed for Camp O-At-Ka. Ed arrived to help with the festivities and we had a lovely lunch, before they headed to Sebago. At camp, Continue Reading