Europe Trip 2007

Killarney, IrelandWaiting for our horse-cart ride.

Killarney

St. Mary’s Church in the background. We went to nighttime Easter Mass there.

“Ladies’ View”, Ring of Kerry, Ireland

Nina with a statue honoring Puck. There’s a story here but I forgot what it was. Something about

stealing a goat…

Olivia and Nina

It’s not takeout, it’s “Take away”Sneem, Ireland

Ring of Kerry

Muckross Abbey, Ring of Kerry

Nina and Olivia, aka Class of 2007’s Sal and Val, catching a few zzz’s. The kids fell asleep every time we got on the

bus. Okay, so did I…

Blarney Castle. You have to lie on your back and lean backwards and upside down to kiss the Blarney stone!

View from Blarney CastleNina freaked out when we got to the Blarney Stone. I had to use my

Mom voice to make her kiss the stone. “We walked all the way up here and you’re gonna do it!”

Outside Blarney Castle

Picnic on the grass, Blarney.

Taking pictures in St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin

Cashel, IrelandNina can say that and sound just like Sean Connery…

Nina and Olivia won the trivia contest. Here they are with our tour guide, Jonathan. We had supper in this Irish pub.

Irish music blaring and soccer on the big screen tv’s!

Inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. Jonathan Swift is buried there.

Shopping in DublinGrafton Street in Dublin is kind of like State Street,

only bigger.

City in Wales with the longest name. Nina is standing below the sign.

Llangollen, Wales. We spent the night here. No internet café in this village!

Wales. I took this picture on an early morning hike up a mountain. All you could hear were the sheep!