Day 5/6 - Thoughts from the day ... our journey from the Burren to Glencolmkille

Thoughts:

• For a small country, it sure takes a long time to get from one place to another


• These roads are like bicycle paths!


• Il y a beaucoup de francos ici en Irlande.


• We climbed up into the clouds; it looked like heaven (Slieve League).


• There is a reason, it turns out, for guidelines and fences and no trespassing signs! Lesson learned.


• Our chefs have been imaginative and talented in the kitchen: fantastic food day after day! Burritos, hamburgers, veggie chili, spaghetti carbonara, a full Irish, and excellent salads with every meal. Picnics along the way -- on rocky walls along the ocean.


• A morning swim challenge today: and everyone is up and in the frigid water as the sun rises (almost). The sheep scatter across the cliffs that rise steeply up from the cove. They block the road and eye us suspiciously... !

Before the walk up Slieve League

Pilgrims on a journey

The amazing sea views at Slieve League

Mary and Des emerging from the frigid waters at Malin Beg. We all did it!

We spent some time thinking about gratitude...

- the wood-burning fireplace in our Burren hostel

- the views as we journey

- the wifi and the Guinness

- the live music

- the warm welcome we've received in every place

- Minky, the chihuahua, and Dodi, the South African parrot

- Irish voices and accents

- Welshmen breaking into song in the street (outside the pub)

- the cool places we've seen -- Clonmacnoise, Inishmore, Slieve League

- our strength and good health