Today we left Galway and headed toward the Cliffs of Moher.  On the way we stopped at Dunguaire Castle which was located near a bog and also across the street from a house with a thatched roof.  We spent a lot of time today on very windy narrow roads, so we were both exhausted.  Me from hanging on to the seat, door or dash and Ed from driving!  It was a very beautiful drive, but it is somewhat difficult to get good pics from the road as the walls are high or the vegetation along the road is high.  Makes viewing sometimes difficult beyond the road.  Of course I don’t want Ed trying to look at the scenery on a windy road. 

When we arrived at the cliffs, it was very foggy and the cliffs weren’t even visible.  The visitors center is in a cave.  Nice center, but the real scenery was outside!  We ate a sandwich at the snack bar and as we were eating, the fog began to lift making the cliffs visible.  Impressive.  We spent a couple hours here and took another 1000 pics.  The sun came out and there was some blue sky at times.  We were too late in the day to see the puffins on an island just off the cliffs, but it is a spectacular place.  If we had gotten here any earlier, we wouldn’t have been able to see the Puffins either since it was this fog.  Pictures don’t do it justice.  Over the years there have been many people jump or fall to their deaths off the cliff.  This has caused the government to secure the cliffs with barriers made of stone from the area.  People from all over the world were at the cliffs.  A German lady started talking to me about my camera and showing me hers.  She said she was here about 15 years ago and it had changed considerably.  One of the parts of the cliff had apparently disappeared over the years. 

After a couple hours, we decided to head towards Dublin where we will be staying for the next couple of days.  It took more than 3 hours to get to Dublin and we were getting tired and in need of some caffeine.  We got off the main road and thought we would find something in town to buy some coffee.  We passed up a McDonalds, but ended up going back there because we couldn’t find anything in town easily.  We drove by Dromoland Castle and took a few pics, before continuing to Dublin.  

We grabbed a bite at the hotel and will explore Dublin tomorrow.