Morning at the hotel was our first introduction to a "Full Irish Breakfast." I avoided the black pudding - being aware of what it was - but ate the entire patty of white pudding, thinking it was some sort of hash brown potatoes. When we asked our waitress what was in the white pudding, she told us, "you don't want to know." Okay, then.
Today's agenda is driving the Dingle peninsula. This involves a series of very narrow roads that, in some cases, look more like driveways than two-lane roadways. Our first stop was Killimer, where we took the car ferry across to Tarbert. Drove down to Tralee for a late lunch at the Abby Inn. Ryan, who was feeling a little worse for wear after last night, ordered toast.
Remember when I said yesterday was our only day of sun in Ireland? I lied. Obviously, you can see the ferry picture. When we got up in the morning today, the weather was overcast and drizzly. We did get a break in the rain at the beginning of our drive to Dingle. However, as we approached the coast, the weather turned gray and drizzly again. I had already forgotten about that brief respite from the rain.
From Tralee, we drove around the Dingle peninsula. We paused at a waterfall before going up the narrow, one-lane road around Connor pass. The two cars met up at Dingle to regroup. We then left to do a self-guided tour the remainder of the Dingle peninsula. We stopped at the Dunbeg fort, a prehistoric site from 500BC. It was extremely windy, since the fort was perched on the edge of a steep cliff above the sea.
The fort is slowly crumbling into the ocean, and it is estimated that it used to be much larger; over half of it has already fallen into the ocean over the centuries.
We completed our tour around Dingle then took the main roads to Kenmare, where we were staying for the night. Our hotel is on the top floor of O'Donnabhain's Pub and it is adorable. Chris and I were staying in a room where the window overlooked the main street.
We had dinner at the Pub, and listened to live music. Then we wandered around the small downtown area, looking at the different pubs and shops. We finally settled on a pub and sat in the back garden chatting for a while. Everyone was tired, however, and we mostly called it an early night.
CONVERSATION