How would it be that the only time we have to wander around in Dublin I would be to sick to do it. I finally caught the flu that was doing the rounds in our previous tour bus. We got a sleep in for once and I made the most of it. Had a quick shower and made it just in time to catch the bus for our orientation tour of the city. We saw most of the major sites, but that main one was the Guinness factory which would have to wait. I was laid up in bed all afternoon so...

Who would have thought that the hottest chilli I have ever eaten would be on a pizza in Dublin! More on that later. Our first stop today was the cliffs of Mohar, when we got out of the coach the guide said it would be blustery and she wasn't kidding. It was gale force winds at the top of the cliffs. The cliffs themselves were magnificent, perfectly fitting in with Ireland's landscape so far. Our next stop was in Galway for lunch, we didn't get a chance to do much...

"Bring me more mead, wench" is what I should have said tonight at our Knappogue Castle banquet dinner, but I'll get to that later. We left Killarney this morning to do a tour of the Dingle (hehe, I don't know why but it sounds rude) Peninsula, the lesser known but equally pretty site in Kerry. We saw, and have seen, so many beautiful Irish landscapes it's almost getting monotonous. We had islands, mountains, beehive huts, thatch cottages and rivers as far as the ...

Well, we ticked a lot of boxes the past 24 hours. We saw the ring of Kerry, explored Killarney and saw a drunk Irishman. We also finished our quest (a small one albeit) by having a pint of every Irish tap beer at the pubs around Killarney (over two nights, not in one sitting). My favorite would have to be Smithwicks Irish Ale, beautiful beer of you can find it. Disappointed there was no Kilkenny, but maybe in Dublin. The ring of Kerry is basically a stretch of ro...

Guinness, Harp and Smithwicks. What do these beers have in common? They were drunk by me at dinner is the answer! Our day was started late by our terms, 8am breakfast for a 9am departure. We were headed to Blarney to see the castle and kiss the stone (and buy stuff at the gift shop to apparently). We passed some magnificent scenery on the way, they say Ireland is 40 shades of green and they weren't kidding, it was breathtakingly pretty. We arrived in Blarney, pai...