Thursday
A do nothing kind of day – some sun, mostly clouds, and the occasional shower. Elaine got her second haircut of this trip, so she’s ready to hit the road. I’m just letting mine grow until I get home. I visited our landlady, Gráinne at her store, the Coach House. My main goal in that was accomplished – we are booked for four weeks in Dingle in 2023 at almost exactly the same time of the year. We’ll be moving to a different house. (Gráinne has five properties.) We’ll be on the same street, Ard Na Mara, moving from # 23 to # 18. We had a look at it one day last week. Much better view and up to Gráinne’s high decorating standards.
We had fish and chips for lunch. Dinner was our last dinner out in Dingle. That could only be at the Chart House (which is right next door to Gráinne’s store). Gráinne had arranged to buy us our dinner wine (Tinpot Hut Pinot Noir from New Zealand). And the proprietors of the Chart House, Jim and Susan, comped our Kir Royales. Dinner was grand (and cheaper than expected). I had an appetizer sampler to start while Elaine had beetroot gnocchi. My main – another sumptuous piece of Kerry beef. Elaine had monkfish. (I forgot pictures of the mains.) I had orange zested crêmé brulée for dessert while Elaine had a decadent raspberry and dark chocolate ganache with ice cream.
It has been unusually quiet in Dingle this week. That will end tonight as the weekend tourists arrive. O’Flaherty’s is just a stone’s throw from the Chart House, so we stopped in not expecting any music. But Fergus was singing and playing, and we had plenty of room to enjoy the music. Easy to get video too, so you get to hear Fergus again and again and again and again.
Late night! Home to bed.
What are you doing for Lainey’s birthday on Monday?
Having a Guinness.
Can’t get too much Fergus. What a great voice. Is there an instrument he can’t play!
Food pictures are mouthwatering. I love an appetizer sampler. So nice you were comped the Kir Royales and dinner wine. They must like you guys!
Terrific news that you’ll be heading back to Dingle again next year. Hey, Mianne and Cindy, do you think #18 is bigger than #23, so we’ll all have a room of our own????
Travel safe to your next stops. Enjoy.
You have had a grand time in Dingle. Glad Elaine got her haircut scheduled and is ready to travel. Are you getting excited to meet your “Geoghegan clan”? We expect lots of pics, right Sue? Be safe…happy you are set for your Irish digs next year.
Sue, I bet #18 will be just fine to accommodate us all. Grainne certainly seems to know her real estate. Smart business woman. Good move finding her Elaine and Joe.
Fair thee well, Dingle, until we meet again through Joe’s blog. I enjoyed my time there with you. Safe travels.