You know that feeling when you set on a trip with no particular expectations? Sure, you know you’ll have a great time, but you don’t know why or what is awaiting you…
I’ve just come back from a quick trip to the west of the country, sure that I’d find myself in heavy rain most of the time, that I’d be freezing in ice-cold wind every day, but that I’d eventually be very satisfied with the places I’d visit. I was somewhat disappointed when the weather turned for the better and we even had a few sunny days (NOT true, I was not disappointed at all 🙂 ).
We began with Connemara…
Rural Ireland – Oughterard
Connemara
Ireland…
Aughnanure castle
Followed by a trip little ways up north, through Westport and all the way to Achill Island…
Keem bay – Achill island
Croagh Patrick in the distance
This doesn’t look like Ireland…
Keem bay
Beautiful places (and scary roads, especially the one leading to Keem Bay D: ).
But then it was time to head back down south, to visit the Cliffs of Moher and Aran Islands (well, one of them).
Doolin pier
Scuba class
Watching from the sea
Cliffs
Waiting for the ship
Happy hooker… not the best name I’ve heard…
Inisheer beach
Inisheer clouds
Inisheer tower
Inisheer
A brief stop in Galway to get soaked in rain and see a few oldie cars.
Evening in Galway
Jaguar
Actual Jaguar
Perspective
Eyes
Belt
And five days had already gone by: already time to go back home. On the way we got to meet some fairies though…
Belvedere – Mullingar
Mushrooms
Fairies crossing
Stern
Serenity