Slea Head Drive

Took a drive around the Dingle peninsula this morning. Here's the route http://www.dingle-peninsula.ie/sleahead.html

Stunning views once again. A beautiful beach where I put my feet in the water for a little. The islands you can see are shown in the google maps image attached. The Great Blasket Island and and Inishvickillanie.

The sky and the weather change here is the space of thirty seconds. It will be sunny and shining and then suddenly the clouds will appear and let lose buckets of rain!

A week in Dingle is not enough. Off to find more music tonight!

Walk to Esk Tower

Took what ended up being a more than ten mile hike/walk up to Esk tower on the opposite side of the harbor yesterday. Beautiful views. It was built to help guide sailors into the harbor. From outside the harbor, the entrance was impossible to find without it.

I probably should have checked how long the hike would be before I actually left. Unfortunately, my four mile walk the day before didn't break in my shoes. I probably should have figured that any six mile hike I plan would inevitably turn into a more than ten miles! So blisters and painful feet, but a beautiful payoff at the top.

Route and some photos attached. Also a few photos from the boat when I was swimming with Fungie the day before. I wish I had photos, but being 3 feet from a frolicking dolphin in the Dingle harbor in Ireland is one of my most amazing experiences ever!

Ended the evening finding some live traditional music and drinking Guinness with a few of my hostel mates. Representatives from Ireland, Italy, Argentina, and America. Not bad!

Someday at a computer again I'll be able to fix the order of these photos I promise. For now, I just hope you enjoy them.

First official day in Dingle

I've fallen in love with this place. Please, don't be concerned if I never return and forget the rest of law school. Even if I come back for a little bit, I think this is a place I'll have come back to to live someday.

My one major realization about Ireland is that everyone is lovely. I have never met such a polite, helpful, and warm group of people anywhere. People in the airport, people in the hotel, people in the hostel, people in the town--all are wonderful.

I've been wandering the town today and getting some food shopping done so that I can spend as little as possible in pubs. Food is not cheap here.

Tomorrow, I'm hoping to go to swimming with Fungi the dolphin! As long as a group of 6 signs up, I'll be in the water swimming with the dolphin! I don't expect to get photos of that, but maybe someone will catch one of me.

Tonight in going to go to catch some music in one of the local pubs. And maybe dancing...

For now, some photos of Dingle!

Final Dinner

Thanks to all I met in Florence for a wonderful time and a fantastic experience. Studying and eating and drinking with you all was wonderful. Not all of the people I loved to meet are in this photo, but all of you are in spirit!

In Ireland!

So I'm safe and in Ireland and so far being reasonably successful at driving the car. Not a stunner at standard o'sinistra yet, but by the time in done ill be more successful. Off to Dingle today. Hoping to find a store where I can buy a power adapter today so that I can actually continue to take photos etc. if not, I'll put up as many photos as i can take before the camera dies when I get back.

Rome!

A few pictures from Rome