We sincerely apologize for how long it has been since we last updated this blog. We tend to get side tracked and forget things just a little. But fear not, we are back.
Unfortunately because it has been so long we will not have so many detailed descriptions of the comedy act that is our lives, but we do have lots to say about this beautiful place we've been calling home for the last 3 weeks.
Two weekends ago weekends ago we took a trip to Connemara and Cong. The land of the famous Connemara marble. The scenic areas all over Ireland are amazing. And everything is so green!
We were finally able to see the countryside. The endless land of nothing but green grass, sheep/horses, and the occasional historical monument, tower, castle etc. Check out our pictures on Facebook, so beautiful.
We had many stops along to way (we were on a bus tour) and every time we got off the driver would tell us when to be back and of course we were late every single time, he hated our lives and made announcements to the whole bus about the importance of getting back to the bus on time (obviously intended only for us two).....oops?
We also went to Cong in county Mayo. This is where the John Wayne film The Quiet Man was filmed. We have never seen the movie but now we've been to the famous little town it was made in!
We also went to Kylemore Abbey that day. The history of this castle was right up Molly's alley with a romantic love story being the reason for it's construction. So- long story short: a couple was honeymooning in beautiful Connemara and the wife fell in love with the area and asked her husband to build her a house there. So obviously he built her a castle overlooking the water with acres and acres of land and gardens. Tragically she died at a young age so he also had a neo-gothic cathedral style church built on the property in her memory......So yeah take out the dying part and a repeat of this story for Molly would be fine any day now....
Fast forward to this past weekend and we are at Mollyndsay's romantic trip to Killarney in county Kerry. We were nervous about going out on our own as we don't have the best record for planning things, but no worries, it was a success.
We get on the bus headed towards Killarney and are all ready to go. There were a bunch of stops before Killarney and the bus driver never announced where we were for any of them. So about halfway through we realized neither of us have any idea where we are or when we should indeed exit the bus, classic.
But we eventually realized when we were in Killarney and start heading towards the Sugan House Hostel. We are greeted and shown around by the Polish owner of the hostel. He seemed nice enough until we asked him what he suggested we do in the area and he told us unless we have a car we can't do anything? Like ohhh ok dude thanks so much....?
We don't let this discourage us: we explored Killarney and realize there is in fact SO much to do and it is a really wonderful area. We spent the night at two pubs in famous Killarney town, after a trip to Eddie Rockets (the irish version of Johnny Rockets ). Of course Mollyndsay can't go anywhere without having a comical experience. SO the second pub we go to is full of irish men. Come to find out we seem to be crashing a "stag party" aka a bachelor party. Being as we are two of the only females in the whole place and we are young americans, the irish men were very happy to have us as guests at the party. They were all very nice. There was a band of older men playing traditional irish music and it was awesome. Even more awesome when the men were teaching both of us how to traditional irish dance. Good times were had by all until we eventually irish danced our way out the door before embarrassing ourselves any further HA!
The night was a little sketchy because earlier in the day we both noticed a mens watch on the bed post in our room. We figured it was there to be used as a clock or it had been left behind? Now, we paid for a private room so we had a key and the door was locked while we were gone. But when we got back we noticed the watch was gone. So naturally we both freaked out and spent the night believing we were about to have the leading role in the movie Hostel 2.
But morning came and we were fine of course. We rented bikes in the morning and biked all day long around Killarney National Park. Yes, you read it right, Molly biked all day. Lyndsay coached her through it. But the park was awesome!! SO beautiful. Full of mountains and waterfalls and scenic views. We loved it. We also got to see the sites within the park included Ross Castle, Muckross Abbey and Muckross House.
We actually toured Muckross House and were inside the same rooms as Queen Victoria when she stayed in the house in the mid 1800s. Lynds correctly pointed out, how awesome is that for Queen Victoria that she can now know Mollyndsay and her have been in the same room.....
But really the house was amazing and full of history. Much like all of Ireland. Pictures from Killarney will be up soon!
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