We stopped at Dunguaire Castle outside of Kinvarra. They host a kitschy Medieval Banquet every night. It was tempting, but we opted to just take a few photos and move on. No need for role playing - that would be an awful expensive Renaissance Faire ticket!
The weather turned out really lovely today. The sun was unbelievably warm and really bright. But of course - it's Ireland and the weather changes in a heartbeat. As we worked our way up through the Burren, it became darker and darker and the roads became more ominous as well. There were several corkscrew turns - I could barely watch because there were tourbusses coming down the opposite side - and the speed limit was still between 80-100 km/hr!
By the time we reached the Cliffs of Moher, the sky had turned a nasty dark gray and the rain started coming. We were lucky though - the fog is often so bad that you can't even see the Cliffs, but at least today it was just dark. You could still see clear as day, but it was dark and dreary.
The cliffs are simply breathtaking. It was a bit scary in some parts though; there are signs for suicide prevention lines posted near the edges, just in case someone wants to jump off the side. That made the already intimidating cliffs a bit sketchier when you think about how many people have jumped to their death there.
We left the Cliffs and continued our ring back to Galway, but we stopped in Liscannor first to visit the stone factory. Cool stuff, but all of it was way to heavy to bring back to the States. The only thing I found that was light enough for travel was a cool, little jewelry box, but when I flipped it over I found a proudly stamped "Made in India" sticker! Oh well - so much for supporting the local economy!
We finally meandered back to Galway and met up with Rachael for dinner and drinks at the Quay again. I think we are venturing to Connemara tomorrow. Oh yeah, I might actually go to the conference for a bit too!
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