212/365: When in Ireland…
For some unexplainable reason, we were drawn to the next best Irish pub, once we had set foot on Irish ground and set up our tent.
213/365: A celtic cross and the Round Tower at the Rock of Cashel.
214/365: Spent the day on the beautiful Dingle peninsula. This is a section of the Slea Head drive.
215/365: At the Cliffs of Moher.
216/365: Yesterday was our first (full) day at our friend’s place in Derrynameel, a pretty remote town in the north-west of Ireland. We got to know them, because they are also – and originally – friends of my parents. They moved here from Berlin 23 years ago and have a house and a piece of land which they share with a couple of sheep.
We’ll be staying here for a little while, doing some work, hanging out with them and exploring the region.
This was the view in the morning.
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219/365: It was one of the seemingly rare days this summer that had really good weather for the whole day. So we went on a little road trip. We visited Kylemore Abbey, and explored yet another section of the Wild Atlantic Way. And driving along Ireland’s west coast has probably been the main attraction for us. Beautiful!
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222/365: Monday evening it was time to prepare 14 of the 60-ish sheep for an auction the next day where they were going to be sold. This meant capturing them into an enclosed area near the barn and then tagging them with two yellow identifying tags – one for each ear.
223/365: We went on a little hike to explore the nearby coastline.
224/365: It was Heritage Day in Belmullet.
225/365: “Auf ner Stereobox! Da tun dir hinterher aber die Pfoten weh” – Deutsche Touristin neben uns über den Typen am Cajon.
These guys were pretty cool, rocking some Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Dublin is full of music – in the streets and in the pubs. And the standard is pretty high, compared to most other cities (NY is another exception). But, of course you’ll find your Wonderwall type of musician, too, if that’s your thing.
226/365: We had another few hours in Dublin the next day, before it was time to get to the ferry to Holyhead in Wales in the early afternoon.
And we spent most of that time on the Trinity College campus. We had a look at and learned about the more than a thousand years old Book of Kells and visited the impressive Library with its endless book shelves. Here you can see one of them - in the background behind Socrates’ bust.