17 of November
Today was a very slow day. It was raining nonstop and was
very foggy. We drove to a town where we had lunch out at a pub. It was very nice
and dad heard a man say “to be sure to be sure” in an Irish accent. He found it
very funny and couldn’t stop laughing. We then went to a bay which was quite
miserable. We then went back home and watched TV and had pancakes for dinner.
The only reason was because they were easy. We then went to bed. Only three
more days till my birthday!
Amelia
18 of November
Today we packed up the house and gave it a clean. We then
drove to some spectacular cliffs called the cliffs of Moher. It was off the
west coast of Ireland. We walked into the information centre which was built
into the side of a hill with a sky light of the top. It was very well done
inside with a virtual look into the wildlife of the cliffs. There is an island
just off the cliffs where in the summer puffins live. There are also dolphins
that live in the waters close to the cliffs. Because we are here during the
colder months most of these animals have moved down south and will be back in
summer. We then went on a walk along the cliffs. It wasn’t the safest walk
because for a part of it there was no fence so you could be as close to the
edge as you like. There were some people who weren’t as safe as was necessary.
They were in high heels standing ten centimetres from the edge and my mum was
holding lachy and josh’s shirts and not letting them within five metres from
the edge. The two extremes in the same place. We then went to an old town set
up to be in the same time as the castle part of it. It was like stepping back
in time. We went into the castle which was set up like it would have been back
then. It was very spectacular with great views and lots of rooms. We then went
and looked around the town it was very interesting to see how the different
people lived like a farmer would live with the cows in the same house and a
black smith would live with all his tools but because he was a very wealthy man
he had more room in his house. It was all very interesting but we did have to
get to our house so after looking around we went to the car and driving straight
to the home only stopping to get food for dinner. Once we got to the house we
found that the owner had left the keys in the door so we let ourselves in. We
found the owner and he went through a few things about the house. We then
settled down had dinner and went to bed. Only 2 more days to go!
Amelia
19 of November
Today we went around the ring of Kerry which is a drive
around a peninsula. We drove firstly to a park near a beach. This was one of
the best parks we have been at on the whole trip. After having lots of fun
there we drove to a town where there is a craft shop full of things made by
locals. We found these little people which are made of a clay. They looked a lot like wizards. We decided to
choose two each. They are very cute and will be great as souvenirs because they
are small. We then drove onto an island which had some spectacular views. We
drove up to the highest point on the island and looked down over the island and
the main land. It was very beautiful and cold so we were very quick to hop back
in the car and drive back to the main land. We then stopped at a chocolate
factory where you are able to watch them make the chocolates as well as try
some. It was interesting to watch how much chocolate they used and how they
created the little wonders. We tried some and they were absolutely amazing they
were bursting with flavour of all kinds. They were so good we spent 50 dollars
on them! After a very expensive
experience we drove on to a town where we had lunch. We then drove on to the
workshop of the lady who made the little people. We got to see some of her
other creations and also meet her and her dogs and cats. They were very
friendly and cute. One of our favourite things was the fairy doors which you
put in the grass to make them look like little people live there. They were
very cute and mum had to buy them. After that we then kept on diving till we
came to a lake and because the sun was going down there was an amazing view of
the warm sky and the reflection on the lake it was beautiful and peaceful. We
then drove straight home where we had dinner and went to bed. I was very
excited about tomorrow because it is my BIRTHDAY!
Amelia
20 of November
Today was my birthday! I woke up and got my presents. I got
a ring with patterns from Ireland some chocolates and lollies and some hand
creams. I enjoyed getting my presents even though mum forgot about the hand
creams and I had to ask for them but we don’t talk about that. We then had
croissants for breakfast and then went down to ride some horses. We first had
to brush the donkeys and horses before saddling up the horses and taking them
out for a ride. It was lots of fun especially when we went into a trot because
you would bounce up and down. We then went back to the house where we had
birthday cake. We then went out to a town called Dingle. At Dingle we looked in
some shops such as a candle shop where the candles had two different parts to
them a coloured see-through part and a white part. They had some amazing smells
so we had to buy one. We then went on a drive where we found a man who creates
pieces of art from slate. We went and had a look around and then he said would
you like to have a try so we made a frame each which was very special we also
bought a sign which said welcome in Gaelic to go at our front door at home.
After that we went a pottery shop for tea. It was fun because we drank out of
the cups they had made. They were very nice to drink out of. We then drove on
and drove back to dingle where we had dinner in a very nice pub. We had it all
to our selves which was nice. After a very filling dinner we drove back home and
because of the big day I fell straight to sleep.
Amelia
21 of November
Today we had to pack
up our house and drive to the port where we would catch a ferry to France. Once
we packed the car and tidied the house we drove to Killarney, of the major towns near
where we were staying. We looked in some of the shops around such as one of the
biggest souvenir shops ever. It had a whole wall dedicated to mugs plus there
was more around the shop. It then also had a section for one brand called
Guinness which is a beer. Once we
finished looking around in that shop we then went into a photography shop.
There was some amazing photos but in the last ten years he has probably got
only a hundred photos which are sellable. They were amazing photos which (if
they weren’t so expensive) I would buy all of them. We then walked on to an ice
cream shop - yes it was only three degrees but you can eat ice cream no matter
what the weather. So we bought some ice cream, they were delicious! They were
creamy and bursting with flavour I have only tasted ice cream that good once
before. As we enjoyed our ice creams we walked down to a tourist information
centre. The reason being that mum loves collecting maps of the places we have
been so we have loads of maps to bring home I have no idea how they will all find
but we will work that out. So after finding all the maps we needed we went back
to the car and drove off to a place called the Gap of Dunloe. This is a huge
valley with mountains either side and lakes throughout it. It was an amazing
place and words cannot describe it. As we explored this place we found a spot
to go down near a river which connects two lakes together. It was lots of fun
jumping over the rock until Josh fell and got a thorn stuck in his head! It was
a big one too but dad got it out and after a while he was back to his normal
self. We then drove on to the port where we would catch our ferry from. We had
dinner in a local pub then we drove onto the boat. It wasn’t the best boat in
the world especially compared to the boat we took from Scotland to Ireland.
Dad thought it would have more and was surprised. We went to our cabin and put
our stuff down we went and got tea and walked around the boat. We then went to
bed but because the boat was moving it was very hard to get to sleep.
Amelia
22 of November
We woke up to an announcement after not a very good sleep.
We got ready quickly because we wanted to watch a movie but we had to have
breakfast before hand. After a needed breakfast but a fast one we went to see
the movie. We were the only ones in the movie so it was very nice. We watched
the movie Turbo. After the movie we went back to the cabin where because we
were at sea we felt sick we had to lie down. We all felt sick and couldn’t wait
to get onto solid land. The announcement came to say that it was time to go to
our cars. We got off the boat and drove to our next hotel in Normandy, France. We were greeted by
the owner who showed us around. After we were settled in we went to have
dinner. At dinner we had very big servings and I couldn’t eat it all. It was
good to have a big dinner because we went to sleep very well.
Amelia
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