Nate and I had a great time in Ireland! The people there are sooo nice and there is no language barrier! We stayed in a great hotel on a large lake with a mountain view. Farmland had some great dinners and we really enjoyed ourselves! I took almost 150 pics, so this is just a sample.
Nate in the small fishing village of Dingle.
We took a tour of the Gap of Dunloe on the rainiest day we had there! We had to leave our boat and trek thru the woods because the lake was too shallow! We were all soaked and freezing by the end of the tour which started in traps ( horse drawn open carriages) up a 7 mile mountain pass. Everyone had fun despite the weather! It was beautiful!
Our trap and horse - Frank! Frank was the first to start the 7 mile trek and we were the last to the finish! He took his own time. We had to get out and walk here to give the horses a break. It was very steep at this particular point on the Gap.
Our welcoming reception was nice. An Irish band called the Weavers played traditional Irish music and we had an amazing buffet.
The view from our hotel balcony
The Dingle Peninsula - Beautiful
The Gap of Dunloe
Nate and his boss, Rob. All of upper management wore traditional kilts the first evening.
We ate at Murphy's Bar in Killarney for lunch on Monday. We ate at two other Irish pubs while there and they had great food. The locals in this pub were all having Guiness at noon on a Monday! No wonder they are all such happy people!!
Our last night :(. They had an Irish accordian player and Irish dancers on the last evening. We had to turn in a little early since we had to get up at 3:30 am for our 2 hour bus ride to the airport and 9 hour plane ride!!! We were exhausted when we finally made it back to AR, but it was all worth it!
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