After having a full Irish breakfast at our Bed and Breakfast we hopped on our bikes that were going to be our seats for the day. Most people drive Slea Had Drive, but Matthew, knowing me, thought we could bike ride it:) There really aren't words to describe the beauty and peacefulness we felt on the ride so I'll just share the pictures. Some things I continued to think about and notice though...houses in Ireland don't have screens, there's no need. There are very few bugs and no harsh winters. Again, houses in Ireland don't have garages, they just leave their small cars parked outside all year. No severe weather. I loved how on the ride you'd bike for a few kilometers and then there'd be either scenery or a museum to stop and see for a while. We left about 10am and got home around 5pm. We had lunch in a beautiful pottery shop along the way, the refueling was much needed. I had Spinach soup and brown bread and then we shared an amazing homemade dessert.
An old Irish fort
Irish Famine Farm to remember the awful famine
Beehive homes
The Atlantic Ocean
Come here honey, the ocean is....COLD!
I know...I'm a hopeless romantic
Jellyfish everywhere
Love this sign and so typical of driving in Ireland:) You pick, you can go 50 OR 80 kph.
Primary school
We took our bikes back to the rental shop and headed over to Tommy O'Sullivans to celebrate our bike ride with a few drinks. Smithwick's Ale, Guiness and Carlsberg seemed to be our drinks of choice now. Soon the exhaustion in our legs began to set in so we headed over to a Spar for lunchmeat, cheese, peanut butter, and bread for supper. We watched Euro 2012, Ireland was playing Croatia, on the small TV in our room and put our feet up for the rest of the night:)
~Lucky to have done a bike ride to remember forever in Ireland~
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Louis Mulcahy Pottery
Not a picture we took, but a much better one from the slea head route
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