The Ring of Kerry.

 Dear Family and Friends,

I am going to confess to my ignorance.  I had heard of the Ring of Kerry, but I did not know what it was. It might have been a ring in a museum that belonged to some long ago king, or a novel similar to the Lord of the Rings, or maybe a Leprechaun order.  

Last night before we started today's tour, I looked it up on the internet.  If there is anyone else who is reading this, and does not know exactly what the Ring of Kerry is, I am happy to share.  The Ring of Kerry is a scenic drive around the Iveragh Peninsular.  It is about 111 miles in length.

Riding in a 45 passenger bus is certainly not the best way to do this tour.  You are captive and can only see what there is to see out of one side of the bus.  Only when the bus stops and all 45 passengers pile out can you get nice pictures.  It would be better to have a car and be able to stop in the small towns and picturesque views for photos.  

Don't get me wrong, it is better to do this trip in a 45 passenger bus than to not do it at all.  We really enjoyed our trip, but we had to give up control to our bus driver and tour guide.  

These huge busses can't park just anywhere, all in all I would say the driver did a good job of stopping for photo ops when he was able.

The drive was beautiful, as all of Ireland has been so far.  I am going to share some photos so you can see what we saw.

This is my favorite picture.  This donkey and dog combo was just so much fun.

We stopped at the Red Fox Inn and we had Irish Coffee.  This was a little too much for me at 10am.

While the others folks were enjoying their liquids, I took a walk and found this information about the great Irish potato famine.  You will probably have to click on the photo to make it big enough for you to read the statistics and information.  

At the times we were able to stop and take photographs the views were incredible.

We stopped at a buffet style rest stop. Chuck and I had the seafood chowder and some Irish soda bread.

More beautiful views.

I photographed the Kerry Ring section of a map I bought.  The trip started and ended in Killarney. 

On my next post, I will share some pictures of Killarney.

Love,

Nancy