Sunday, June 07, 2009

Spending Up Big in Ireland

(Not that you get a choice :)
The black stuff!


A quick pilgrimage to the home of GuinessO'Connell Street's Spire



Please stop raining!

Pubby goodness

Was the sun trying to tell us something?
Juxtaposition
Slow moving on the Irish B roads

Cold...
Arriving on the west coast the sun finally decided to come out - perfect timing for a seafood feast!

What we came for (apart from the Guinness ;)

Not sure that the sign could be much more obvious?

Aimes takes in the Cliffs of Mohor

A close up of the cliffs


The barren landscape of the Burren

A little spring colour

and a little more

for those desperate enough to swim on Galway Bay

Swans in Galway

Galway
Connemarra

Fishing boats in Roundstone Harbour



A chilly late spring day on the Sky Road above Clifden

Diamond Hill
Us, wind blown but not shaken

Aimes finds a slug

The impressive Kylemore Abbey

Reedy


Galway Harbour welcomes the Volvo Ocean Race

The Volvo yachts in harbour
Retail Therapy - Knock Shrine style

Dissappointed in Tuam - We had come to see the High Cross
St Mary's, Tuam
Nope, wasn't open