The weather is brilliant! Sun. Relative warmth. I could have (but didn’t) wear shorts today. After five days of trundling about in the car to show Bob and Barbara the beauty of the Dingle Peninsula, we spent a quiet Saturday and Sunday in Dingle (and close nearby) for their final two full days. On Monday morning we will leave early (6:30 AM) for the 2½ ride to Shannon Airport for their flight back to Boston.
Saturday was a very quiet day. Bob and Barbara went shopping in Dingle. We met two Scotsmen going to a wedding and got a picture. After grilled cheese sandwiches at home for lunch, we had cocktails outside sitting in the sun. I took a nap, Bob and Barbara took a walk. Dinner was back in town at Out of the Blue. Really good seafood. No pictures (sorry, Patrick – next week for sure). After dinner it was a stop in O’Flaherty’s for libations and music and chat. We talked with a mother and her son from the UP in Michigan and with a couple from Oregon.
Sunday was yet again beautiful and the warmest day to date. We stuck close to Dingle as there will be a long drive to the Airport in the morning. We showed Bob & Barbara the mass grave site behind the old Dingle Hospital and Workhouse. Then we did the short ride to Been Bane, the small beach near the entrance to Dingle Harbour. Last week Elaine and I walked the cliff toward the lighthouse. This time the four of us went the other way to the top of the promontory. Pictures show how beautiful it was:
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After a short stop at the house, we ventured out for lunch. Rather than going into Dingle, we went east a few miles to Ventry and had a nice big lunch at Quinn’s Pub. Very good Sunday lunch, our big meal for the day. Then we drove into Dingle for ice cream cone deserts at Kool Scoops. Then it was rest and rehab at home on our guest’s last fool day. Cocktails outside and dinner of cheese, fruit, and crackers. Early to bed.
On Monday we were up early (6 AM) for the 2½ hour ride to Shannon. The ride was uneventful. We bid our guests farewell and immediately did the return ride to Dingle. We really enjoyed having Bob and Barbara, and we think they had a good time. They were rewarded with more sunshine than any seven-day period we remember in Dingle.
What a fabulous week for your friends, nice sights, and expert tour leader in you and Elaine.
WOW, sunshine really does make for a beautiful pictures. These are lovely. Are Barbara and Bob headed back to the states? That would be a shame, although perhaps they have visited Ireland before? We are currently experiencing Irish type weather here in New England. It is overcast, rainy, and in the mid 50s. Not very Spring-like, although everything is as green as the old sod. Hoping it clears for a family graduation at Fairfield, CT on Sunday. Finished reading SAY NOTHING. So informative and devastating, and all in our lifetime. And yet nothing has really changed. I wonder what craziness Brexit will bring.
Your friends had the best tour guides ever! Of course they had a good time! Cindy