Kenmare and Killarney: Ring of Kerry Part 2

9/12

Arrived in Kenmare at about 6pm after traipsing thru a few towns on the way(none of which stood out in our recollection). Kenmare is jumping off point for people who plan to drive the Ring of Kerry...for those of you who don`t have the foggiest notion what the Ring of Kerry is...no its not the missing book from JRR Tolkien its a beautiful scenic route that many tourists take when they decide that they want to drive through the southern part of Ireland. Once again, we arrived in Kenmare without a place to stay and managed to find a great B&B after 3 tries...at a cheap rate of 70 Euros a nite. Our host recommended Darcy`s Seafood for dinner and wow were we blown away! The sole Marie ate had to be the best piece of fish she has eaten on this trip-in a sleepy podunk town in Ireland no less! Walked around the shops and heard some music from a UK band called Yea Sayer(spell?) that sounds like a cross between Enya and Fleetwood Mac( http://www.myspace.com/yeasayer).

9/13

Checked out at 11 am after having Irish breakfast for the umpteenth time.

Irish Breakfast consists of : eggs, back bacon, sausages and toast....I`m going have to double up on the lipitor if I keep eating like this and so will Zach!

Drove to Killarney National Park to see the sights and get a hike in. Proceeded to hike for 2 hrs and picnic somewhere along the way. You see the picture of the sheep up top? Well that wasn`t taken during the hike...you see our car navi was playing us for fools taking us on roads that weren`t meant to be traversed. We ran into cows and sheep crossing the road along with some huge tractors that almost ran us off the road- the road was one lane, but two way. There were some blind spots so you can imagine how nervewracking it got at times-20 km stretches at times...no joke.

Getting back to the hike-pretty scenery along with a few deer along the way. We have probably eaten 15 panini sandwiches by now and I must say - I am getting burnt out quickly on them. Ready for some sushi Tokyo style right about now...

We got back into the car and drove the ring for about 2 and 1/2 hours - weather was perfect and the roads weren`t too clogged with buses. The view was at times absolutely breathtaking and at other times just plain boring.

Arrived at Killarney with just enough time to find a quaint B&B relatively close to the city. It was situated right next to a river and was run by a young family-they were awesome taking care of Zach`s needs since they had a daughter only 1 yr younger than Zach. Found another seafood place in town and had another brilliant fish meal-this time I had the sole and Marie had a rocking monkfish...