Jon and I had an absolutely fabulous trip to Ireland. The MTC was having some work done inside, so we didn't have any missionaries from April 17-25. We decided to have an adventure in Ireland! We flew into Dublin and drove to Kilkenny Castle and then spent the night in the town of Limerick.
On Thursday we woke up and went to visit Blarney Castle. We kissed the Blarney stone (biggest waste of money ever) and then drove south to Cork and Cobh (pronounced Cove). We took a city tour at Cork and visited the cathedral and Titanic Museum at Cobh. It was a lovely day. We drove through some beautiful country. We returned to Limerick and spent the night.
Friday morning we got up early and headed to the Cliffs of Moher. They are absolutely gorgeous. If I had to pick, they were my favorite thing about Ireland. The whole country was beautiful and the people were friendly and funny. Jon and I both fell in love with it there. After the Cliffs of Moher, we drove to Dunguaire Castle, had a great lunch in Kinvarra, and then drove to Ashford Castle. This was another beautiful drive on small country roads. We saw many a green pasture without any animals feeding on them.
The Ashford Castle property is really lovely! Today we took a two hour boat tour/ride on Lough Corrib (Lake/Louch Corrib) that was glorious with sun included. We met a really fun couple from New Orleans. Afterwards, Jon played some golf, I read my book in the sunshine (what a luxury!), and then we went for a bike ride. After dinner we walked and walked. This was a perfect day!
Our last full day of being a tourist was spent going to North Ireland, seeing Dunluce Castle, The Giant's Causeway, Carrick-O-Rede Rope Bridge, seeing a beautiful rainbow and staying the night in Ballycastle. This was another great day!
Monday, we drove to Belfast, returned our car, and flew back to Manchester. Tomorrow we leave for Frankfurt for our Mission President's Seminar. It has been a traveling month for me. Time to get back to the missionary life.
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