a EWE farewell

on Wednesday, November 12...
As we left the farm today, the fog was just rising above the grass... we were hoping to get some pictures of the farm and the ewe (sheep!) but it wasn't looking good. As we pulled down the long driveway, the fog seemed to be rising quite quickly, and we slowed down a bit to take a picture. Just as we stared to do that - all of the ewe from our one side looked up and started running toward the fence! We couldn't contain our laughter! It was by far the funniest thing that has happened to us! If only this picture had the sound of our laughter and all the noise of the sheep!

We spent our morning at the Rock of Cashel, taking in yet another beautiful blue sky day. Since there was no tours today, I relied on our trusty travel book and read aloud a self-guided tour to Andrew and I which really put the castle in context for both of us (in comparison to my first trip here 5 years ago where I just aimlessly walked around and thought - this is nice...where's the next pub?)

As we headed toward Kenmare we drove through Tipperary and the beautiful Glens of Aherlow. Listening to our great new Irish CD's, it was just a beautiful drive, full of trees that still had their autumn leaves attached. We stopped for lunch in Killarney (really just a huge tourist trap of an Irish city - but we did finally find an Irish sweater for Andrew) and then headed just south to Kenmare (stopping to take a hike to the Torc Waterfall in the Killarney National Park) where we would spend the night at just a great B&B on top of a restaurant in the center of town. We had a chance to walk to one of Ireland's many Holy Wells as well as walk to a stone age circle fort. I was sad we were only in Kenmare one night because it really was a pleasant little village and was kind of neat to be on top of it all at our B&B - plus the breakfast was awesome and we really enjoyed the hosts there as well. But there is much more to see and do before the end of our trip, and we must move on...