Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Beautiful Irish Countryside

Today we got up early so we could walk 2km and catch the first train out of Dublin to Killarney. We had printed instructions for getting to our hostel in Killarney, but apparnetly Ireland doesn't believe in labeling streets. What literally should have been a 2 minute walk from the station to the hostel ended up being 45 minutes of wandering until we finally stumbled across the Sugan Hostel. Everyone we tried to ask for help would give directions like "Go down to the left til the roundabout and then at McSweeny's Arms Store go right until you get two blocks...." you get the point. All that aside our day in Killarney was awesome...once we finally got settled in we immediately rented bikes and headed to Killarney National Park. One of the first things we stumbled across was Muckross Abbey which was founded as a place for friars in the 1400s. It was beautiful and provided for some awesome pictures. Some other places we saw were the Muckross House, Turc Falls, and Ross Castle which also dates back to the 1400s. The weather was beautiful and we really couldn't have asked for a better day.

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