Relaxing Weekend in Listowel
This weekend we decided to stay in Listowel. We have been leaving to travel every weekend since we have been here so we decided to take a weekend off and relax. On Friday night Ali and I went to the pub for a few pints. We sat and talked and had a great time. When we were walking to the pub around 8pm the weather outside was average, a little chilly and it was slightly misting. This is nothing unusual for Ireland, so we thought nothing of it and ventured out. Well, when we decided to leave the pub around 11 and we walked outside we realized that we may have made a mistake going out. The weather was horrible. The winds were gusting, it was freezing outside and it was hailing and raining. It looked like a winter wonderland with all of the hail all over, we were under the impression that Ireland hardly ever got to the point where the ground was white, but luckily, or should I say unluckily, we got to experience it.
Because of the conditions we were nearly running home, it was pretty horrible, I felt like it was the middle of January in Wisconsin. Once we were inside and warmed up we had a laugh over it. We had a great night, weather aside.
On Saturday Fidelma took Ali and I to Dingle Penninsula. We drove through the town of Dingle and through the mountains, and over Connor pass. We had a beautiful day and as luck would have it the weather was very cooperative. The hail and rain that began on Friday night did not quit until about 20 minutes before we left for Dingle, when we were going through Dingle the sky was clear blue with only a few white puffy clouds. The weather was perfect. As soon as we drove in the driveway after traveling all day it began to rain. It was amazing right before we left the weather was terrible and as soon as we got back the weather got bad again, but while we were traveling and sightseeing the weather was gorgeous. We could not have been luckier!
The snow covered mountains in Dingle Penninsula, Fidelma, my host mom, is in the picture as well.
The one lane road of Conor Pass...it is tricky to manuever through at times.
While driving through a small town in Dingle Penninsula we saw an 'Irish Traffic Jam'!!! It was hilarious!
Overall my weekend was great, we got to see a lot of sights and we also got to take a break from the traveling. The weather was wonderful, I just hope it keeps up for the rest of the time that we are here.
posted by Katie @ 4:22 AM
1 Comments:
Katie,
Hi! Your mom shared this with me and I have enjoyed seeing more pics of Ireland and reading about your experiences there. About your comment about people asking you about President Bush- I heard from someone else that the Irish hate Bush so it's good you've been neutral!
While we were there I really enjoyed a drink called a Shandy- it's 1/3 lemonade mixed with beer. I had Smithwicks beer. It is really refreshing. Greg liked the Smithwicks and also Harp beer. Guinesss is strong!
We really liked Ireland. Glad you are there to continue sharing experiences! :o) Joan Kane
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