Bus trip to the Cliffs of Moher, Bunratty Castle, and Galway

Hey everyone!
So last Saturday I took a bus trip. We had to get up really early, and I had gone out the night before, so morning wasn't that great, but I managed to get some sleep on the bus, which was good. And we found a short way to get to the bus station, which was awesome. Brette, Jackie, Cielito, Amanda, and Martha went, so a full crowd. We started off with a little tour of Limerick, which was OK...I guess the guy who wrote Angela's Ashes lived there, they showed us that pub. (I thought of the office, and the Finer Things club, for those of you who know what I'm talking about).
We then went to Bunratty Castle, which was neglected for a long time, but now is up and running. They had an awesome Great Hall where they do those mideival feasts, like at Midevil Times, so that would have been cool to go to. But they had all the furniture donated from other places, and its all around the same time. It was pretty cool. There were lots of thatched roof cottages around, too. (where is Trogdor when you need him?) We saw peat fires, and the way they lived years ago. The Thatch had to be 18 inches thick, and often had mice in them. So there's your trivia.

We then drove to Doolin, a little town on the ocean, for lunch at O'Connor's pub, which was really good. I had seafood chowder and chips, which was delicious. Lots of other people got a beef stew, which was also pretty good. It was very picturesque, and we met this american couple that makes stain glass windows over there, which is cool.

We then went to the Cliffs of Moher, which was AMAZING! They were beautiful! You walk up and there's a gift shop called the 'gifts of moher', and i lost it. The cliffs themselves were great. IT was a beautiful day for it. You can walk all along them, and then it turns into wilderness, and you can walk there at your own risk. That part was cool. Gets REALLY heady. But still safe. (Kind of). Lots of funny pictures, haha. And lots of signs warning you from falling over. Just in case, I guess.

Then we went along the coast road to Galway, and had some picture opportunities there. They have what are called famine houses, where people used to live during the famine. They keep them there and let them fall down as a reminder of the famine. We passed a graveyard where there were just a bunch of stones, because during the famine they didnt' have time or energy to make all the headstones. Also, there are a bunch of falling down castles, but the governement won't let you knock them down, they have to fall over on their own, which is really cool. There are lots of rock walls. They took the rocks from the field and made them into the walls. But during the famine, families couldnt' get food unless they did "a fair days' work for a fair days' pay". There wasn't any work, so they had to work all day making these walls to get their bucket of gruel for the family. Now it's still pretty rural over there. We got stuck behind two tractors and a herd of cow. For the farming families over there, the last child to leave home is expected to say home and take care of the family and the farm. So they have these big dances every year, as sort of a matchmaking thing.

Then we got to the Burren, which was really cool. All rocky, left over from the glaciers. You'll have to see pictures, i can't describe it justly. We passed "Black Head" which is this cool natural formation that looks like a face. Then we came back! It was great fun.

So then, next on the agender, I'm going to London this weekend and Paris next weekend, so any tips are greatly appreciated!

I'll update you all later, once those happen. And don't forget to check my albums, I added more pictures.

Thanks for reading!
Bye!