Wow! What a time it's been! It's been really busy and such an
adventure these past 4 weeks. After leaving Scotland we traveled by
ferry to Ireland where we stayed for 2 weeks with an Irish family - (the
O'Briens) in County Clare. We volunteered on their farm which was a
really great experience. Some of the jobs where: Herding cows, cutting a
150 meter path through a forest, assisting with the building of a shed,
fixing wellingtons, checking ash trees for a disease, pulling dock
weeds from a field and assisting with the castration of some young
bulls. Lots of variety! :) Colm, our host took us to see Galway, the
cliffs of Moher and some ancient tomb stones. We also went to a music
festival in a little town nearby and got a good dose of Irish music!
From
Ireland we travelled to Wales by ferry and spent a night there so we
didn't actually get to see very much. We saw a bit of Holyhead and
wizzed through Cardiff on the train. That's about it.
From
Wales we travelled by train to Bath where we spent 4 nights. We stayed
with some lovely hosts who made us feel right at home. Bath was amazing!
So historical, it made us feel like we were stepping back in time to
the Jane Austin era. We visited the Roman baths, visited the Jane Austin
museum, stonehenge, Lacock, and some of the cotswolds!
From Bath we traveled to
London where we stayed in a little unit for 5 nights. We got to go to
church at Westminster Abbey, visit the London museum, the cartoon museum
(which is run by Colm O'briens sister), the west end - where we saw two
great shows: "War Horse" and "Phantom of the Opera", we also got to see
Kensington palace and gardens and portabello road markets.
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| The 200 year old farm house we worked at in County Clare |
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| Amber pretending to ride a tractor |
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| Loretta pretending to ride a quad bike :) |
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| Wellingtons! |
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| The stray cat that was always hanging around |
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| The view from our bedroom window |
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| The cows |
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| At a gala concert in the little town of Feakle |
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| Dancing at a ceili |
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| O'Brien Castle |
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| The Cliffs of Moher |
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| The Tomb stone |
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| Amber, Loretta and I with the O'Briens |
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| In Wales! |
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| At the Jane Austin museum - Bath |
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| Jane Austin lived here for 4 years! |
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| The Roman Baths |
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| Lacock |
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| This is miss Mattie's house from the movie "Cranford" |
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| At stonehenge |
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| Westminster Abbey |
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| At the National Gallery of London |
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| Having fun with leaves!.... |
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| At the Cartoon museum |
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| Jess with Peter Pan |
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| At the Portebello markets |
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| About to see "Phantom of the Opera" |
