Day 10: Visiting Villages In & Around Killarney
The journey begins in London, England. We then proceed west through Southern England before crossing into Wales. The religion of England and Wales is Protestantism and the currency is the pound sterling.
We then take a boat west to enter Ireland. Ireland is a very independent nation where the main religion is Roman Catholicism. Their currency in Ireland is the EuroDollar. We travel through Ireland, including their capital city of Dublin.
We proceed north crossing into Northern Ireland, an important part of the United Kingdom where the primary religion is Protestantism and their currency is that of the United Kingdom which is the pound sterling.
We then travel by boat east to the Island of Great Britain (which is the countries of England, Wales and Scotland) back into England before proceeding north to Scotland. The religion in Scotland is Protestantism and their currency is the pound sterling.
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Today, we would visit many small villages around Killarney. We started by visiting a shop with many Irish acoutrements. We all also had wonder Irish coffee at our first stop!
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Villages Around Killarney, Ireland
Another difference in use of terms from the U.S. and England, Wales and Ireland:
U.S. England
line-up queue
take-out take-away
hood (of car) bonnet
trunk (of car) boot
We reached Dingle Bay and visited several small villages along the bay, including Waterville. This is where the ancient silent comic, Charlie Chaplain, visited many times. It was his favorite vacation spot. We were told that golfer Tiger Woods also owns a cottage in Waterville. We also visited the villages of Moll's Gap and the Black Valley. Our last stop before returning to our hotel was Lady's View.
I had a German hot dog for lunch in Ireland.
There was a beautiful, green countryside, which included the view of old, dilapidated buildings. We reached the west coast of Ireland on a very cold and windy day, typical for a summer day in Ireland. Here is a view of the Atlantic Ocean looking west.
I also found a place that made Bailey's Irish Creme ice cream!
Returning back to Killarney, while waiting to take our carriage ride around the city, I went back to the Catholic church where they were having "A Celebration of Irish & American Friendship" festival!
We ended our day by taking a carriage ride around the Kilarney National Park, a beautiful park of 40 sq. acres of beautiful trees, flowers, rivers, lakes, islands, and even animals like deer, sheep, foxes, birds, etc. What a wonderful day!
