Elaine made breakfast (fried eggs, ham, and toast) and we started out on a morning walk. As we got close to halfway, it started to rain lightly, so we headed back. Just as we back home, the skies opened. We would have got drenched for sure! At 3:30 we headed to Ballyferriter (just 10 miles) to the Dingle Peninsula Hotel where the restaurant was literally the only place in the area open for Christmas dinner. It’s run by a French chef and his Australian wife. We had reservations for the 4:00 seating. It was fun – it started with hot mulled wine in the bar followed by a gigantic serve yourself appetizer table. The main course choices were turkey & ham, duck a l’orange, or lobster. Elaine had the traditional turkey/ham dinner and I had the duck. The food was superb. After the mains they served us a beautiful cheese platter and then dessert – Elaine had the chocolate log and I had the Christmas pudding (think mince, which I love). We also had wine, of course. All in all, a grand Christmas dinner and day! On the way home at 7:00 we drove through Dingle town and it’s the first time ever I have seen all the pubs closed up. Everyone was at home enjoying Christmas. Back at Water’s Edge House I had a goodnight gimlet and Elaine a glass of wine as we finished a wet, happy Christmas in Dingle!
A short video and a gallery. Sorry, we had started to eat before we remembered to take pictures of the main courses.
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Merry Christmas.
What a great Christmas dinner. I love appetizer platters.
And Christmas Eve in the pubs looked fun. Great video.
What, no Christmas morning swim in the sea ?!?!
Happy New Year. Love,
Sue and Jeff
The appetizer table would have been enough for me….how great it looked. Elaine, I also had a paper crown on Christmas Day. My friends had them on the table for us in one of those paper pull aparts, mine was purple. Funny, we both were wearing paper crowns on Christmas Day. XO Joe love the new holiday necklace!!!!
Merry Christmas!!
It looks like Christmas in Dingle is even better than you could have imagined. The Fife and Drum rehearsal was a special moment. Perfect place to be for Christmas Eve.
Christmas Dinner looks grand (reading a Tana French book). Enjoy!