Irland 20-26 April 2011

We started our journal as usual almost running after the easy bus: baker street-stansted. Of course my partner didn't manage his time properly and traditionally we were prying to get on the plane London-Dublin. Dublin is such a little London with lovely dockland. We've been hosted by really nice polish woman who works for the biggest corporation here in Irland the Google and lives along the Liffey (river) where my lovely partner unexpectedely landed up. We took the car and drove around western coast of Irland. As soon as we happened in Cliften we went for 2,5h walk at the national park of Moher. We climed the mountain which hight wasn't specified and ended up in our first accommodation - managed by who -a polish guy. It looked in fact as a polish hostel (schronisko). It was very basic but very charmfull with separated rooms makes and females in different ones. At least it was warm inside of the room. There was no hot water in a sink but we've got a luxury of having a hot shower. We gathered together and with other guests at the living room fire place's, which made the whole experience much more cosy and unique. I couldn't follow asleep until the sunrise at 5.30am when i dreamt for 2 h. I greeted the sun by walking up the hill behind the house. There was one poor little sheep dead and others alive spread over the fields. I've prepared a share breakfast for 3 of us made of the recollection of the food eventually found in the cupboards of the youth hostel (Ben slottery). It was a nice combination of cornflakes, toasts and jam, milk, tea, coffee and our own fruits. We were ready to began our second day trip to Annascaul. We stayed at Adrianne B&B accommodation - next to the south pole pub where we celebrated with locals in accompaniment of irlish sea music the ester. Of course in the whlle Irland there is not such a tradition of Easter as in Poland but Irish community definitely knows how to enjoy their life. Everyone here is relaxed and very kind. You walk in the shop and they smile, you ask for taxi and it's already there waiting for you. Everything is predictible in a nice way. You feel comfortable and chilled out. We did a 2,5 h track of 20km which took us eventually 6 hours. It was such a picturesque walk around the mountings and along the sea cost. Eventually after exhausting 6 hours walk we managed to get to the Dingle - a fishing town. Due to our starvation as we've already purchased a day before a nice smocked Irish salmon we had to head back to the car by cub and go to the spacious beach to eat our dinner. We left the food including the irish cheesecake for the whole day in the car exposed at the sun. Nobody except myself wanted to take a risk of eating that desert so I had got a half kilo of this beauty to swell in and digest. Nothing has happened I survived. Next day of the trip we went to Killarney where we drove a 170km kerry ring. It was pretty but boring being sited all the time in the car and eventually getting off to the sea side. Though whenever there is the sea I am happy. We stayed 2 nights at the b&b crystal springs (Italian style). Last night after a huge battle of finding appropriate restaurant we ended up in the local fishery bar next to the Killeny town - Kilorglin. I was convinced when checking the menu earlier on I saw a fish soup and fish dishes. But we ended up having a vegetable soup eventually followed by pure with mix of fish and cheese. The dinner was on me as I chose the wrong place. At the end everyone enjoyed it. Locally there was not much to explore in terms of pubs with life Irish music. We found a really nice 19 th century pub where we almost died because of the dead moods;(