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We started our day and began packing our luggage. Overnight there was a thunderstorm that had an impact for some electricity in our region but luckily not so bad and we just heard the news later in the visitor center and it didn’t has an impact on us and damaged nothing. 🙂

So we left our pod with sea view behind us, drove by the tidal pool and were sure that we’ll miss this place already. Martin and Beate wanted to buy 4 cans of Irish beer in the shop… But at the checkout the staff said, we have to wait for 15 minutes. And this was no joke, in Ireland alcohol is ony allowed to be sold in a shop from 10:30 to 22:00. Our next destination were the Céide fields, an Stone Age Monument with visitor center. I felt a little ill so I just stayed in the car and took a 2 hour nap and Martin, Beate and Laura explored the visitor center and learned a lot about the life of the people in the stone age there who were farmers and lived there with their animals. That’s how they discribe the monument on their website:

„The stone-walled fields, extending over hundreds of hectares, are the oldest known globally, dating back almost 6,000 years. They are covered by a natural blanket bog with its own unique vegetation and wildlife.“

I felt better soon and continued the open air tour with the others and they told me about the Stone Age lifes of people. It was really interesting and also a lucky coincidence because nature (torf) has protected the stone walls from about 5500 years ago so long that we are able to look at them in the 21th century ✨

After we saw a film and within a recreation of the landscape and how it looked a long time ago in the 360° studio we had our lunch in the picknick area with a nice view with the sea. 🌊

Because one of the employers of the visitor center has recommended another attraction to, we drove another 20 min drive to Down Patrick’s Head, a cliff with a sea-stack that is called Dún Briste, which means „broken fort“.

It was an amazing view and we saw again some sea birds.

Local legend says that when a chief of pagans (german: Heidenhäuptling) refused to convert to Christianity, St Patrick struck the ground with his crozier, splitting a chunk of the headland off into the ocean, with the chieftain on top! (Story from the website www.ireland.com)

We drove to Crossmolina near the Lough Conn and checked into our hotel with big rooms and a lot of space for each of us compared to the other accomandations. In the evening we walked around and ate in the Hinys Pub a delicious dinner! 🍴

We walked around, looked at the „green castle“ of Crossmolina and the St. Marys Church. At our hotel we sat again in the restaurant and drank something and Laura ordered an apple crumble with vanilla ice cream.

The end of the day was for Laura and me a call with a friend from Germany 🙂 ✨

Today we slept a little longer and started our day really chilled with some Duolingo and I started braiding a clothesline with old ropes I found yesterday at the beach. Then we ate breakfast and got ready and walked to the tidal pool where many locals were in. The first few moments in the water were pretty cold (15°C) and we swam a bit around. 🌊

After that freezing bath we felt warm, changed clothes at the pod and walked into the center of the village and ate at Mc’s Bistro and Grill our lunch. The portions were very big and delicious so we were full the whole afternoon. We chilled a bit at the pods, slept or braided or knitted.

In the late afternoon we took our second swim in the tidal pool and this time we all got in, Laura too. It was a little bit easier the second time and the warmness afterwards was amazing. We went on a walk to the city again but the cafè and restaurant were closed so we walked back at the sea promenade and ate dinner at the pods. Laura and I played some volleyball 🏐 and soon we will go to bed and will fall asleep with rain and maybe a coming thunderstorm outside ✨

After breakfast we started a washing machine and went shopping in an Aldi, a german supermarket that also has markets here in Ireland and it was interesting to see the diffrences. We placed our almost dry clothes on furniture in the pod and then prepared everything for our hike we expected to be 2 1/2 hours long.

It turned out that the trail wasn’t so short made but completely worth every kilometer. We started in a small village and walked down a road to the ocean and the views got better and better and we walked on sand paths. At a beautiful bay and beach we ate our lunch and looked at the waves and another tourist who actually swim carefullly there. 🏊🌊

Then we went straigth up a hill (it was not the only one on the way to overcome) 🙂

The next hours we saw wonderful views of high cliffs. And some sheeps with their paint on their backs which chilled everywhere. We tried to feed them with carots but they didn’t want to eat it and were so scared of us tourists that they would run away from us several times we tried 🥕.

Moreover we saw some special birds. Many of the water birds ‚Kormoran/cormorant‘ on the small islands next to the cliffs and in the Moors the ‚Wiesenpieper/Meadow pipit‘. 🐦

It was overwhelming how we stand there in front of this unique views and cliffs and how colossal and giant they stood out from the sea 🌊✨

At our pods again we chilled a bit, did something for school and Beate cooked dinner: rice with champingons we really enjoyed. And we met people of the camping place, for example a man from the UK who cycels a race from the North to the South of Ireland and rode his bike today for over 300 km – that’s so crazy!! And a man from Ireland who has a tidal pool at home and uses it through out the year. He thinks that the 17°C (the summer temperature of the Atlantic) are comfortable. For someome who swims normally in the Mediteran Sea it’s a little bit crazy, but tomorrow we want to try the tidal pool. 🙂

In the evening Laura & I played volleyball 🏐 and fell tired into bed. ✨

These flower pictures are espacially for our grandmother we called today too! ✨

Today we had our last breakfast at our first accomandation at Ireland. Then we washed dishes, checked out and drove about 4 hours to our new at the Nordwestcoast of the ocean. We made a stop at a gas station and at a restaurant in a small city called Ballaghaderreen in the restaurant „The fiddlers Elbow“ – and the meals were delicious! They had a robot called Betty who served the food and it was the first one we saw in real life🍴✨

The whole drive we drove by wonderful nature with such pretty landscapes that were diffrent from Germany. And somewhere tere were sheep and some cows and completed the views like from paintings. 🎨

We arrived in Belmullet and checked into our wooden pod with sea view. After a dinner with salad and good soda bread and cheddar we went to the beach and looked at the Tidal Pool not far away from our new place. We watches the sunset and walked a little bit around.

We started early in the morning with a breakfast and then drove 1 hour to Dublin by car. As unplanned and chilled we were, we arrived at the Guinness Storehouse Museum and wanted to get tickets but they told us that they were almost sold out and the last minute family ticket would have cost around 70€. So we decided to chance the parking space and just took a picture in front of the big Guiness house. 📷🍺

The first real stop we made at a coffee house and drank Cappuchino and hot chocolate☕.

But as we went that way we came across a big second hand store called ‚Oxfam‘ and found a beautiful jumpsuit for Laura and for me the original book of Little Woman in a really pretty version. 📕

Next we went to the St. Patrick’s Cathedral in the center of the city. It was touristic, informative and we learned a lot about the Irish belief, the architechture and history of the building with the help from audioguides. ⛪

For lunch we walked through some pedestrian streets of Dublin and crossed the Halfpennybridge where you had to pay a half penny for crossing years ago. We ate in a traditional Irish restaurant delicious meals and enjoyed the atmosphere🍴 Our next stop was in a pink ‚Gelateria‘ (ice cream store).🍦

Then we walked by the Costum House, an interesting and imposant building and saw the Spire, a 121 m high monument that looks like a needle. And we walked through the Trinity College campus 🙂

At 5:30 p.m. we were again in the St. Patrick’s Cathedral and listened to the ‚Evensong‘, a special mass with a visiting choir, a lot of good music and a wonderful atmosphere ✨✨

We stopped again at a coffee shop and then drove to the Caravans again. We made a diner, cooked noodles for noodle and her family and went sleepy to bed! 🌌

Today we finally had a day to sleep longer so we stayed up at 9 a.m. and a little more sleep made us all feel very relaxed and great because we had some lacks of sleep of the last days to close. After a good porridge we drove to Rathdrum to go shopping in a supermarket called „Centra“ and bought some food for the next days and today. 🎒

Then we headed to Glendalough where we parked at Lower Lake. We began walking down the Upper Lake to a big brook/waterfall up the hill with a wonderful view over the whole vally with the lake. There we ate our lunch at a bench – with yummy cheddar! 🍞 🧀

On the way up the mountain we saw goats, sheep and deer that were very comfortable with our human presence. The whole day the Irish scenery was beautiful and we were overwhelmed by all the great views. We also enjoyed tea and biscuits in small breaks🍪

The last meters uphill were a little challenging for all of us but as we arrived at the top everything was worth it and fhe way back we enjoyed all the wonderful views. 🏞

At 7 a.m. we arrived at the camping place, showered and now Laura & I will play some volleyball and then eat noodels with Irish mushrooms. 🍝

Addition: The evening was very funny. On the camping place are a lot of cats and they are always hungry. So one cute black kitten came and we gave her about 7 noodels and called her „noodel“. Later another cat mum and her kittens came and also got something for their hunger too🐱

After a few hours of dirve we arrived at Cherbourg. There we jumped into the 17°C sea and it was pretty refreshing. We ate picknick at the ocean and watched ferries and boats arriving at the habor. We checked in, met other Germans (another family of four from Mindelheim) and talked with them.

At the ferry we watched the departure of the habour, saw dolphins and than had an amazing dinner: fish and chips, buger & spinac ravioli. 🚢 🌊

We slept in a room with big chairs and got free coffee and cacoa there in the moring. At 6:30 a.m. we watched the sunrise out of the clouds and I ate my breakfast porridge there with a great view. The whole morning the sun shined for us and we talked to the family from Mindelheim on the top of the boat.

We arrived at 12 a.m. at the habour of Rosslare and drove half an hour to Wexford. There was a big festival with dancers and young musicians from all over Ireland ✨

We ate at an Irish restaurant, called Frank’s Place🍴

Another hour drive brought us to our stay for the next few nigths – Glissman Glamping with our own horse caravan to sleep in – in the beautiful area of the Wicklow mountains. Laura & and I played volleyball, we sorted our stuff a bit and then made dinner outside on our bench. Our day ends now with a hot fire 🔥🗻

We started our day in a french bakery („boulangerie“) with coffee and a very delicous pain au chocolat with a view of the village – simply perfect☕🍫.

As we drove to the highway we also got a look of the Volvic castle.
Our drive today took us 450 km and we ate our lunch at a pretty highway stop with a lot of green. In the afternoon we arrived at our house for the night – a beautiful chalet in the middle of nowhere. We checked in and walked around in the forest. The farmer who owned it has six cute hourses, the dogs Athos and Ux and some goats! Laura & I played Volleyball  🏐

And we enjoyed the silence of the countryside with the brook near by. After a wonderful dinner with pasta and salad we watched the sunset, showered and fell happy into bed! ✨📌🦋🌍

We started early from Genova and began the ride at 7 a.m. with a beautiful scenery and the last sigths of the ocean. Through the Frejus tunnel from Italy to France – through the Mont Cenis Massiv about 11 kilometers.

In Villefontaine we visited an old friend of our mother Cathrine and her family. We got a pretty nice lunch with salad, delicious Ratatouille and a lot of variations of Ice Cream.

Then we drove another 2 1/2 hours to Volvic our next stay over the night. After diner we walked through the city and explored a little of the old french village.

Today we woke up early and started driving west at 8 a.m. It was a 400 km drive and with some stops for coffee or ice cream with the beautiful scenery of the Mediterrane Sea really enjoyable!

🌊In the afternoon we arrived and checked into our gorgeous apartment on the 5th floor and rested a bit. Then we explored the city and first saw less cleaned up parts and a lot of construction zones. We arrived at the walking ways and promenades and got good views of the giant habour. At the lighthouse the view was even better and we luckily reached it before the closure and could get a look over the whole city. On the way back we took another route that was cleaner and more revived with beautiful buildings, a lot of small supermercatos and vegetables/fruit stores!

Laura and I cooked for dinner Pasta and made a salad 🥗🍝! After a shower and some talking about our last experiences we fell into bed :)✨