The mystical and magical Cliffs of Moher... :)

The next morning we looked at a heap of maps and decided to head towards the Cliffs of Moher. It was a fairly big drive along the coast but looked really pretty. Once we got out of Galway it was really nice. There were big paddocks everywhere with old houses and castle ruins nearly every kilometre!! So much to see. We stopped at a church and then got to Dunguaire Castle. It was the first proper castle I had seen in Ireland. It was awesome. It looked over this little lake and there were swans around and all. It was beautiful. You had to pay to do a tour so we decided to just see it from the outside and save our money for bigger castles. Even without going in, you got a really good feel for what it was like back in the day. It felt like a fairy tale just sitting out the front on the grass!!

After that we were driving along when we saw a sign for another smaller castle off the road. We turned off and went down this little road which led to a small castle that looked a lot like a watchtower. This one was open to the public and free entry. So we walked around inside and went up the little stairway to the top. It had information posters all inside and showed what the rooms were used for etc.

After that we continued on our way. We found a little village with an information centre where we could ask what the best way was to get to the cliffs. We stopped and went inside the store for coffee. Me and Laura found fresh baked breads for 2 euro so we got a loaf for our lunch. It was rosemary and olive flavored, and after one bite we decided we needed more!! So we stocked up on the most amazing fresh bread ive ever had for the rest of the day!!

After we knew where we wanted to head next we took off again for the cliffs. We passed so many cute little villages and towns. There were farmers out on the roads talking to their neighbours and animals everywhere. It was so pretty. It reminded me a lot of southern Victoria. Just slightly prettier...

Once we found the cliffs we made our way up to the walkway. We got split up at first, but by the time we reached the tower at the top of the first cliff we had found each other again. I could see why the cliffs were listed as one of the must do things in Ireland. It was so beautiful!! They were so big, and the different colors in the rock formations were amazing. There were little grassy areas on some cliffs where birds had made nests and some had little caves down the bottom. It was amazing. We stayed at the cliffs for a couple of hours, looked around the information centre which covered the history and also showed photos of other places in southern Ireland. Then we decided we should probably head off soon as it was getting late and once again we had nowhere to stay.

At first we were planning on going to Doolin or a beach town just away from the cliffs, but Violeta wanted to try to reach Limerick. It was around 7pm when we got to Limerick. Violeta then decided that she didnt really like it there so we would keep going and reach Cork. We wouldnt get there til around 9pm, so I suggested we find internet and book accomodation for when we got there. It took a while to find internet, and by this time I was starting to get quite stressed again. It wouldnt have been so bad if it had just been me and Laura, but Violeta would say it will be right, we will find somewhere, but then rely on me and Laura to organise it when we got somewhere. Luckily once again we found somewhere that looked decent fairly close to the city.

We got into Cork almost right on 9pm and thankfully the hostel was easy to find with parking out the front. It was on top of a bar again and it was a New Zealander bar which looked like so much fun. I was talking to a guy down the bottom for a minute and he said to come back down to the bar and we intended to, but we had a few things to do in the room and by the time we got organised we looked pretty feral and it was starting to quiet down in the bar so we just stayed in the room again. We ended up with just a private room which was good.