As another early morning got
underway, we had a fairly long ride to our destination. Unfortunately, I was a
bit under the weather this morning due to a medical condition and slept for the
first 90 minutes. I felt somewhat better at the first stop and was able to
enjoy the rest of the day.
Today, we visited the Dingle
Peninsula. The bus driver made a point of making a large number of stops for
photo opportunities. The scenery is fantastic. I have not been to any other part
of the world that has this type of scenery. We were taken to see where the new
Star Wars movie will be filmed and where “Ryan’s Daughter” was filmed. I
happened to say that it’s too bad that we couldn’t actually visit the location
for the Star Wars movie and was told that security is already in place for it.
We were able to see the island where the final scene for the last Star Wars
movie was filmed.
As we travelled we were able to see
a large number of famine houses. These are ruins of houses from the time of the
Great Famine where either the family starved to death or left to go to Canada
and the United States because of lack of food. We are talking about 1 million people
who died and another million who left the country.
We passed through a number of small
fishing villages and stopped in Dingle for lunch. There, I took the opportunity
of shopping for souvenirs for my grandchildren and also found a bodrahn for myself.
The store that I found them in had a really good sale on. I think that there
was 50% off on everything in the store. If I had paid full price, I would have
spent €112 but I only paid €56. I was very happy about this. I still have a bit
more shopping to do, but at least this much is done.
This evening, I will be attending a
show that also features Irish dancing. I am looking forward to the
entertainment this evening.
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