I just spent a very enjoyable hour reading all about your trip and feeling like I was along for the ride. It is very well done and I want to thank you for posting the link. Also many thanks for your kind comments about my web site.
I'm sure that everyone who views your travelogue will glean lots of good info for their trip. I liked the summary of the B&Bs and your comments about them. The detailed driving directions and running commentary on the scenery brought back to my mind the same little roads of Ireland. Not only could I picture them in my mind but your photos brought them to life. So glad your camera wasn't broken beyond repair and hope you are finally over that cold. It's never fun being sick while on vacation.
Thanks again for sharing your trip with us all!
Michele
wojazz3 Registered User Posts: 67 (8/14/02 10:33 am)
Thanks for reading Michele:
Thanks for taking the time to read my little opus. I'm sure I will find whole folders of pictures that I forgot to load to yahoo, but I just ran out of patience and just published it.
Believe it or not, I still have remnants of the evil cold I got there. I mean we were SICK!!
By the way, did you ever get to stay at Tahilla Cove Country House? If so, did you like it? It worked out well for us, becuase we were there during the worst weather we saw and we had plenty of room to lounge around. We really enjoyed our chats with James in the pub.
If any of your readers see a picture and want to know where it was taken, I'll do my best to give directions. There are always a few that you look at and say "Where was that?"
We are looking forward to our trip with my sisters next May. Wouldn't you know it, I already have a tenitive itinerary.
I DO believe you are still sick. A year ago my husband and I came down with a nasty virus in Ireland (fortunately toward the end of the trip). It took over a month to get back to normal. And it's never fun being sick on vacation.
I haven't made it to Tahilla Cove Country House yet. On my last trip I decided to throw my itinerary out the window (much to my husband's consternation since it was a Bank Holiday weekend). We did something we haven't done in many years, which is just meander through Ireland and see where we ended up. If you know where to go and where not to go on a Bank Holiday it helps. Anyway we had a very fruitful trip and enjoyed the unstructured nature of it. Needless to say we didn't get to some of the places on my list but found others in out of the way areas that were delightful.
I'm sure you do have a tentative itinerary for May. Your sisters will be delighted to have you planning it for them. How long will you be there?
Michele
garyvol Unregistered User (8/15/02 8:56 am)
glendalough whew, great trip report. Being sick can really goof up a planned trip big time. Enjoyed the pics. I have a question maybe you or Michelle could answer. My wife (Mary) and I visited Glendalough which also included upper Glendalough. This was following our time in the visitor center (lower). Upper lake has a 2 foot high circular stone wall (see PHOTOS.YAHOO.COM/GARYVOL2000) It's viewed in the IRELAND roll. the picture is 2 rows down 3 across. Mary is seen walking towards it in her green rain coat. We were curious what purpose this wall served.??? If anyone else might know.
thanx -gary
wojazz3 Registered User Posts: 70 (8/15/02 1:25 pm)
Next May Michele:
I looks like we will probably travel May 7 - May26. The current plan is all west coast with substantial time in Donegal and Mayo and hopefully sitting in (playing music) with some friends we made at O'Sullivan's pub in Crookhaven in the south. That is the part I'm really looking forward to. My wife and I are both professional musicians, and she will be able to fit in easily since she is an accomplished guitarist. I on the other hand, play jazz and so swithching from a brass instrument to tin whistle is a challenge. Clearly, I'll have to practice....a lot!
That photo is of "The Caher" a circular stone fort, which has about a 67 foot diameter. It is very old and may predate the monastery at Glendalough by many centuries. It could have been used to pen animals, enclose gardens or enclose huts.
You have plenty of time to practice your tin whistle. I'm sure it will be fun sitting in on some sessions at the pubs in Ireland, especially at O'Sullivan's in Crookhaven. I have a great photo of O'Sullivan's that I took in May 2001. You will have almost three weeks in Ireland and you will be able to see lots during that time. Of course no matter how long you have it's never long enough and you always have to return!
Michele
jmac Unregistered User (10/27/02 1:29 pm)
I'm Back Bill, thanks for the link to your trip report. May I just make a suggestion for the future. Please do not use yellow as it is very hard to see. I do want to read all the days, but was particularly interested in the places I'd been. Some of us here have old eyes !!!
wojazz3 Registered User Posts: 87 (10/28/02 3:25 pm)
trip report Sorry jmac. The color of the text, with the exception of the links, should be black. Sometimes monitors read colors differently. In the case of mine, the yellow is almost easier to read than the black. The standard blue and purple colors for links were very difficult to read against the background. Perhaps I should change the background color, but I so like the green.
Again, sorry for the trouble. You could probably
Bill
jmac Unregistered User (10/29/02 5:45 pm)
Trip I could probably what. :>) Yes, it was the links that went day by day that were in the yellow, that I couldn't read.