Beth, RJ and I had a fantastic time in Connemara (County Galway, Ireland). Now it's over and all three of us are wishing that we were back at our beach front cottage on the bay - not only for the wonderful view, but the for the amount of space we had at the cottage compared to the amount we have at our two room apartment back in Dublin.
I figured I'd do a recap of the vacation in a few parts. I don't know how many parts yet, but I'm guessing at least three, probably more. Beth and I got so many pictures and we had such good weather it might be easier to say where we didn't go in Connemara.
First, I'll start with our trip out to Connemara. We stopped at a place in Roscahill (just outside of Galway City) called Brigit's Garden. This was a great time for the whole family. After two hours in the car, RJ got to run around for a bit, we all had some lunch, and enjoyed the scenery. Beth liked it so much that she wants to back in the summer when everything is in bloom. Here's RJ entertaining himself with a stick that he found.
When we arrived at our cottage (pictured in the top right corner), we were amazed by the view and immediately ran across the road to the beach. This is RJ playing in the sand at the Coral Strand beach (north of Ballyconneely) right across the road from our cottage.
Here is picture of the sunset from the front yard of our cottage. We believe that those are Connemara Ponies (not horses) which are a special type of pony that have many legends about how they came to be. My favorite is the one about how the Spanish Armada ran aground in the area circa 1588 and let their Andalusians loose in the area. The result of the breeding between the Andalusians and the local ponies are said to be the ancestors of the Connemara Ponies.
End of Part 1
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