🌲 CHAPTER 5: our last day in ireland🌲
August 14, 2018
Though it has only been four days, the Wandering Hermits feel like they've been in Ireland for weeks; it's hard to believe that already we're off to Scotland tomorrow morning! Until then, we've recently made it to our final Irish destination: Belfast.
Yesterday, we set out on a journey to the Cliffs of Moher; along the way, we stopped at Craggaunowen and the Ennis Friary. Craggaunowen was very cool; we explored a small castle and also ventured through what a farm of the early people of Ireland would have looked like, to glimpse into a reality of the past peoples. Our visit to the Ennis Friary was very similar, but we got to see the incredible architecture and art of the 1200's. This area was surrounded by old tombstones, dating back to the mid 1600's; it was quite holy and peaceful, and had amazing acoustics.
The Cliffs of Moher were incredible... and also quite busy. As soon as we had parked our car, the fog began to roll in. Luckily, we did have a good view of the cliffs, as it was also very windy and blew most off the fog away. The view of the ocean was beautiful, and it was lovely to see the contrasting emerald green of the fields to the grey sky and dark waters below. It was very calming... until you saw THAT guy at the VERY EDGE taking a SELFIE.
To whom it may concern:
1) DON'T stray off the path - the environment is important to maintian.
2) DON'T climb over the rock walls of the path - the cliffs are slowly eroding so you could fall off the edge because of that or fall off the edge because you didn't see it.
3) DON'T walk to the edge - YOU COULD DIE.
Case in point:
DON'T BE THAT GUY.
We arrived at our next stay around 10:30... it was a day of long driving. We had passed through Carrick on Shannon in the night, but returned this morning to make a quick visit as this area has special family roots (mother o'WH's great grandmother's birthplace!). The following adventure was a trip to view the Marble Arch Caves - incredible. Our tour guide was excellent, and it was very informative on this ancient cave's formation.
So now we're here in Belfast! We've dropped off the rental car, we spent the day in the Titanic museum, and we got delicious food at Bao Bun! What a time!
Sincerely,
🌲The Wandering Hermits🌲