Our Big Adventure

THE CLIFFS of MOHER TO GALWAY

We pass lush green valleys and cross the meandering Shannon River on our way to The Cliffs of Moher, one of Ireland’s natural wonders. We are lucky to have a fine and sunny day to see this dramatic area covering 8km’s of County Clare’s Atlantic coast. These 210m cliffs stand as massive jutting bastions and are a nesting area for various seabirds, including puffins and gulls. Even though we were there early it became very touristy so we hopped back into Josephine and headed into the heart of County Clare to ‘The Burren’. You can only describe this 259 square kilometre area as ‘lunar-like’. The story of the Burren started more than 300 million years ago when layers of shell and sediment lay under a tropical sea. The limestone is massively bedded, some areas are 1000m thick. Traces of acid in the rain, is slowly dissolving the terraced limestone and gives fascinating shapes and solids. We arrive into Galway City, Irelands fastest growing city, and we can see why. It has the charm of a small town but is today Ireland’s most prosperous city. The downtown area has a cobble-stoned shopping precinct and on this weekday is busy with tourists and buskers. We will spend the next two days here and tomorrow will spend the day looking around the old area of the city.

posted by Brian and Julie @ 7:50:00 PM