Tour of Burren and the Cliffs of Moher

First off, I am so far behind on these posts. I quite apologize.

So a long, long time ago on in a country called Ireland a beautiful young maiden took a bus tour through the area of Burren and the Cliffs of Moher.

The bus tour was quite a nice way to cover a lot of ground in 1 day, plus the weather was dreary and no condition for walking about for an extended period of time. The trip was made amusing due to our cheerfully corny driver-guide. He shared such facts as...

• the word honey moon comes from the old belief that a young couple trying to get pregnant would drink mead, a sweet fermented honey "wine," for a full moon cycle and then 9 months later they would have an addition to the family.

• Along the coast between Galway and the Cliffs of Moher is where the British comedy "Father Ted" was filmed.

• Castles back in the day were actually a pinkish color due to a plaster material that covered the stone. The material has since worn away and thus we now think of castles as gray building, but really Barbie's dream castle is more accurate.
  

The bus dropped us off at a farm in the Burren country, for a wet walk in nature. Burren, an Irish word for stony place, is correctly named. The country side is littered with limestone. However, against my initial thoughts the stone is actually fairly helpful to the farmers. It acts as a very effective irrigation system and provides a seemingly endless supply for fence building. Although, God blessed this land with a wonderful natural irrigation I was soaked. We had been provided with rain gear (pants and coat) before our walk, but my feet were left vulnerable to the slow, persistent drizzle.

Back on the bus we drove into increasingly think fog, but our optimistic driver kept reassuring that it may break as we drive the Cliffs of Moher. Unfortunately his optimism did not prevail over Mother Nature. I could not see the cliffs, but rather an endless abyss of fog. The view was quite terrifying, but apparently when visible the cliffs are spectacular. On the ride home we stopped for a photo opportunity at lesser cliffs. I am going to use photoshop to make them look awesome. Almost out of time. Dang it. I will try to write soon, but don't hold your breathe.