Last week was spent on a discovery of Ireland. And discovering we did: a beautiful beach full of sand fleas that did not seem to bite, lots of different types of sheep (that crap a lot), any kind of diddly music and beautiful scenery.
First we visited the Burren. Very interesting terrain - a limestone karst area full of little roadside attractions such as castles, stone forts (little piles of stones mainly collapsed, so don't get too excited, or stone walls that one day contained houses and animal pens).
After that it was off to he impressive cliffs of Moher. They were nice, nothing too exciting. Parking was only 8 Euro and the whole thing is very organised tourism.
Doolin and the Aran islands were really beautiful. I can only recommend cycling on the Aran islands to anyone. Its an amazing scenery and there are lots of little sights to discover.
Galway was interesting, but I really liked Sligo and the drive up to Donegal. Beautiful windswept beaches and yes lots of castles make up the scenery.
On a trip like this you really get to experience the beauty and the slow pace of this island. Guinness tastes a lot better outside Dublin, yes one can get fed up of eating fish'n'chips, every pub in any village you stop seems to have an unlimited supply of musicians playing diddly music and at some point you even might get tired of constantly stepping into sheep droppings, but if you are ready to wear your rain gear in July you are in for real treats of scenery and archeological sites, such as the most extensive neolithic site in the world "The Ceide Fields"in Mayo.
