Today started with a surprise rendition of happy birthday on the bus for Brodie and some balloons and a birthday badge on his seat for him. He was very surprised and happy that everyone wished him a happy birthday. On our way we headed for the Ring of Kerry, an area of mountains and coast line on the south west corner of Ireland.
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| Happy Birthday to you, happy bithday to you |
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| Driving around the Ring of Kerry |
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| Everything was very neat and tidy, and all the house looked immaculate |
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| Overlooking the Irish coastline We drove all around the Irish coastline, up into the mountains and back into the Killarney National Park. |
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| Brodie on the Irish coast with his rather large birthday badge |
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| Our lunch time stop- a very nice little family run restaurant |
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| More scenery |
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| These are called standing stones and are one of the first means of communication |
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| Irish Mist over the rugged coastline - this is summer |
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| Snug as bugs - it was a bit chilly |
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| One of the three lakes of the Killarney National Park |
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| Killarney National Park |
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| A beautiful old bridge |
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| In the Killarney National Park After finishing our bus tour around the Ring of Kerry, we came back to Killarney where we then proceeded to go back into the Killarney National Park on the jaunting car - the horse drawn carriage which takes you through the park where you are not allowed to go by coach or car. We were very lucky, the boys even spotting a wild buck who just stood in the bushes while we all took photos of him. He did not seem too worried about us at all. The boys even got to take the reins of the carriage and drove through most of the park, with the help of the jarvie. |
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| On the jaunting car ride |
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| I know why we came in summer |
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| Don't see these signs at home - into the Killarney National Park on the horse drawn carriage |
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| The cathedral in the Killarney National Park |
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| On our ride - notice the castle in the background
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| Oh deer - this wild buck stood still for quite a while for us to take a photo |
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| Oh deer, oh deer |
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| Traffic jam - Don't see this every day either |
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| The boys with the 'jarvie' the local carriage driver and Lightning, our lovely horse |
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| One of our information boards - on this day we had late starts yay |
heeeyyy looks like you's are having a blast. the weather looks GREAT?!!! hehehe well Brodie u r all grown up and yet u still look the same as u did just before u left the air port.Love all the pics and it all sounds great cant wait for the next blog love u all
ReplyDeletecourtz xx