Saturday
We’re starting to wind down as we approach three weeks in Dingle. We don’t leave until Wednesday morning but we seem to have done much more than usual because of the unusually beautiful weather (or we’re just getting older). Today was a more typical Irish day. Traces of sun, mostly cloudy, and significant amounts of rain. So we pretty much just hunkered down for reading (Elaine) and naps (me). I did make it to Curran’s for a short session in the afternoon.
Tonight we had originally planned on eating at home, but we realized that we hadn’t been to Fenton’s, another old favorite. So I booked a table and off we went at 7:00 pm for dinner. Kir Royales. Calamari to start for Elaine; oysters for me. Hake once again for Elaine (all the fish is sooo good right off the boat); I enjoyed a perfectly cooked (rare) Angus beef steak. We split a pavlova for dessert. We started eating some courses before I remembered to snap the photo. Ooops. Sometimes I completely forget.
After dinner we went to the Dingle Pub to hear some music. The band was good, but it wasn’t our style. Saturday night music is more geared to the students at Sacred Heart University than to old fogie tourists. We had one drink and headed home. You may remember previous trip visits to the Dingle Pub featured dancing by the owner’s son, David Geaney (five time world champion Irish dancer). We saw David perform in Phoenix at the Irish Cultural Center just two months back when he was on his American tour. Alas, at the end of his tour he suffered a knee injury, so he’s not performing nightly at the pub. But he is working – tending bar and serving tables in the restaurant. We didn’t see his sister Suzy this trip – she is busy at home now with her two kids, the youngest being just 11 months old. Dad Tom was tending bar nightly as per usual. Here’s a old photo of Tom and me taken in 2016:
Some night scenes on the walk. We’ve never been to the Chinese restaurant. See Elaine walking ahead of me?
Sunday Morning
As usual, I am posting this in the morning after the day being highlighted. The sun was out when I woke up. Then we had rain, The resultant rainbow looked much better in person than it shows up in the photo from our bedroom window.
Lovely rainbow! Seas and tremendous wind cancelled our stop in Crotone. Onward, near gale force winds, but he slowed to a breeze by noon here. Will get in at night in Messina, guess the Captain got clearance, we’ll be ready for our port excursion for sure on Monday AM.
Well, you’ve certainly been lucky (until now) with the weather. So you can’t complain too much.
Dinner at Fenton’s looks grand. Oh my, that pavlova. It would be interesting to check out a Chinese restaurant in Dingle. I wonder if they have a pu pu platter which is still my favorite Chinese fare with lots of duck sauce, of course.
I hope you caught up with Elaine. Very nice rainbow.
We are having your Irish weather in CO. Two days of rain, but much needed.