Saturday, May 29, 2010

Dingle and Mount Brandon

We spent our last week in Ireland in Dingle. An amazing little coastal town on the southwest side of the island. We had SO MUCH FUN here!
Rick, Kyle and Matt on a statue of Fungy the Resident dolphin


On the boat to go see Fungy


The gang in one of the townhouses getting ready to perform a play together

Erin and Kelly got cold waiting for the Bus to take us to Dingle

Anna, Erin and Kelly 

the gang in a Dingle pub

Matt and Erin

At a restaurant in Dingle for Fish n' Chips!

Rachel questions Rick and Josh's cooking ability

Erin making food

Climbing Mount Brandon



Nick and Brooke at the top of Mount Brandon

Ben, Rachel and Matt at the top of Mount Brandon

Josh, Rachel, Matt, Nick, Brooke, Erin, Ben and Rick all climbed Mount Brandon


Steve wasn't up to the climb so we carried his pocket knife to the top of Mount Brandon for him.

A sheep on Mount Brandon

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Galway and Killarney

We got 4 days to wander around Ireland "unsupervised", 12 of us traveled as a big group to Galway and Killarney.
Our group took over an entire room in the hostel we stayed at in Galway

Galway

At a pub in Galway

Rick in Killarney National Park

Erin and Ben in Killarney National Park

Ben, Erin and Rick at the top of a mountain in Killarney National Park

Rick and Erin in a jaunting car on the way back to Killarney

Sligo and Knocknarea

Giant Erin at the beach on the way to Sligo

Rick playing "Arrows" with Steve at a pub in Sligo

Rick, Erin and Anna on Knocknarea

Rick climbing Knocknarea

Erin and Rick wander through the weeds to stand on a boulder on the side of Knocknarea

Anna, Ben and Erin outside the B&B in Sligo


Erin at Tobernalt


Sarah, Rachel and Anna in Sligo

in Sligo

Sligo

Matt on a wall at Sligo

Tobernalt

Matt, Ben and Josh at Tobernalt

Ben and Josh

Statue waiting for her sailor to come home outside Sligo


Nick and Brooke explore tidepools 


mexican standoff!

WB Yeats and his wife's graves beneath Ben Bulben


Josh and Ben at Glencar Waterfall

at Glencar Waterfall


at Glencar Waterfall

Anna at Glencar Waterfall

NacMacFeegle makes a friend!

Steve and Rick on Knocknarea

Anna on Knocknarea

Rick at the tidepools