Ireland

Last week I took a couple of days off work and flew over to Ireland to visit my brother who lives in Killarney in south west Ireland. The town of kilarney is gorgeous, with brightly painted buildings lining the main streets. The area around Killarney (The Ring of Kerry) is absolutely gorgeous. I hired a car for 3 days and James drove me around and showed me some of the best spots in the area. Killarney is surrounded by Mountains, lakes and gorgeous forests, filled with creeks and waterfalls and moss covered trees. It is also not far at all from the coast so on saturday we drove out to one of the nearby beaches. It is the first time I have ever worn gloves and scarf to the beach, but it was great. I haven't been to the beach for 6 months so it was nice to walk on the sand and hear the sound of the waves. The whole area is gorgeous, and there is so much space! I felt very far away from Paris.

James has a great house which he shares with 4 others, all of whom are really nice and friendly. Friday was James's birthday but he had to work in the evening so we celebrated on saturday night with a few drinks at his local, followed by a lovely Italian meal and then a lot more drinking at a local bar/nightclub.

It was a fabulous break, and it was so nice to get out of Paris and get outdoors. I will be heading back over there for christmas and will probably going to Dublin and Galway while I am over there. I have been pretty slack with posting photos so here is a link to some photos from the weekend.

Ireland - Part 1