Our B&B hostess wanted to cook us a full Irish breakfast with fish, bacon and goodness knows what else. Bless her heart, but we only just managed to convince her that porridge, cereal, toast, juice, coffee, fruit and yoghurt would suffice.
Our first port for the day was Bunratty Castle and Folkpark, kind of like a Celtic Sovereign Hill. Would have taken us hours to go through, so we didn't go in, but the castle itself was impressive. Up through Ennis and the start of a full loop of the Clare peninsula following the coast. Just like yesterday it was all on very narrow roads which occasionally required backing up to let something like a bus through. Went as far west as Kikee, then turned north along the Atlantic Coast.
Had lunch in the port town of Lahinch, then headed for the main attraction - the Cliffs of Moher - along with hundreds of other cars and dozens of buses. The cliffs are really a lot like those across the Nullabor - sheer cliffs to the ocean below. However, there is one significant difference. Here in Ireland there is grass right to the edge of the cliff, and moss growing on the cliff face.
A long, slow trip on to Galway for the night, past a great view of the Aran Islands, and along the Galway Bay foreshore.
Ireland definitely wins the award for the worst signposted country - easily. We have maps of where we are going, but they are kind of useless in Ireland as the streets and intersections don't have any names or signposts, so you can't find yourself on the map. Anyway, it took us close to an hour doing circuits of the city's one way streets in peak hour to find the hostel, but it was lovely when we got there.
A walk down the street for a spot of retail therapy, and to buy some things for tea. Most of the big shops are open till 7 or 8pm.
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