We woke up refreshed and ready for a day of exploring on Saturday! Hopeful that the Friday blahs had left us, we got a fairly early start for our drive around Connemara. First stop, the town of Cong, which has a beautiful little abbey.
After exploring the abbey, we headed down a beautiful path for the monk's fishing house. They built a house over the river - the house has a hole in the floor where they would cast their fishing nets. When a fish was caught, a bell attached to the net would ring, letting the monk know that he had a catch! We loved the little house, as well as the surrounding nature, and were somewhat sad to have to head back to the car...
We drove by Ashford Castle, which is now a hotel. Looked quite nice, but we didn't go inside.
We LOVED the town of Westport - in fact, we wished that we could have spent the night. It was a cute little town with lots of shops and warm pubs with yummy food. Mommy did found one favorite shop - and then we had some lunch.
Adaline is a fan of hurling - and she was delighted to find some hurling sticks outside a shop. Trying to explain that they weren't hers, however, proved to be a bit difficult. :)
Next time we go to Ireland, we plan to spend at least one evening in Westport so we can further enjoy the scenery and atmosphere.
We woke up refreshed and ready for a day of exploring on Saturday! Hopeful that the Friday blahs had left us, we got a fairly early start for our drive around Connemara. First stop, the town of Cong, which has a beautiful little abbey.
After exploring the abbey, we headed down a beautiful path for the monk's fishing house. They built a house over the river - the house has a hole in the floor where they would cast their fishing nets. When a fish was caught, a bell attached to the net would ring, letting the monk know that he had a catch! We loved the little house, as well as the surrounding nature, and were somewhat sad to have to head back to the car...
We drove by Ashford Castle, which is now a hotel. Looked quite nice, but we didn't go inside.
We LOVED the town of Westport - in fact, we wished that we could have spent the night. It was a cute little town with lots of shops and warm pubs with yummy food. Mommy did found one favorite shop - and then we had some lunch.
Adaline is a fan of hurling - and she was delighted to find some hurling sticks outside a shop. Trying to explain that they weren't hers, however, proved to be a bit difficult. :)
Next time we go to Ireland, we plan to spend at least one evening in Westport so we can further enjoy the scenery and atmosphere.
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