Recently went to Ireland for nearly 2 weeks for our honeymoon. We've been there before, so this time around we didn't hit *all* of the touristy places that you typically would.
First hotel room - Cannemara Sands. This was sweet, as it was a full apartment/suite with a full kitchen and two bedrooms upstairs:
First Guinness of the trip:
Driving there is my favorite part, even though most people find it stressful. The backroads are usually one (small) car-width wide, twisty, with walls/shrubs/etc close to the side of the road. 80kmh (50 mph) speed limit with lots of blind corners and hills. If you run into oncoming traffic, one of you has to back up until there's room for the cars to pass each other:
Sheepdog demonstration. These dogs are awesome. They respond to both voice commands and whistles, and only move when he calls them by name or with their unique whistle. They also have commands for left, right, forwards, back, etc. It was crazy how he was giving different commands to different dogs via whistle to get them to round up the sheep and corral them into different spots:
Our second hotel, and our favorite. This was our second time staying here. Ballyseede Castle in Tralee (Co. Kerry). Built in the late 1500s. I highly recommend staying here.
Cliffs of Kerry. Not as substantial as the Cliffs of Moher, but still pretty badass:
First hotel room - Cannemara Sands. This was sweet, as it was a full apartment/suite with a full kitchen and two bedrooms upstairs:
First Guinness of the trip:
Driving there is my favorite part, even though most people find it stressful. The backroads are usually one (small) car-width wide, twisty, with walls/shrubs/etc close to the side of the road. 80kmh (50 mph) speed limit with lots of blind corners and hills. If you run into oncoming traffic, one of you has to back up until there's room for the cars to pass each other:
Sheepdog demonstration. These dogs are awesome. They respond to both voice commands and whistles, and only move when he calls them by name or with their unique whistle. They also have commands for left, right, forwards, back, etc. It was crazy how he was giving different commands to different dogs via whistle to get them to round up the sheep and corral them into different spots:
Our second hotel, and our favorite. This was our second time staying here. Ballyseede Castle in Tralee (Co. Kerry). Built in the late 1500s. I highly recommend staying here.
Cliffs of Kerry. Not as substantial as the Cliffs of Moher, but still pretty badass:
