Letterfrack is a tiny town about 2 hours away by bus from Galway. There's not much in Letterfrack but it is the gateway to the Connemara National Park. Connemara is the most dramatic scenery we've seen so far on the mainland, and while the mountains are hardly Ruapehu they are easier to climb and still very pretty.
The view from as high as we climbed, as you can see the incoming rain was somewhat of a concern.
The internet is slow and this is taking too long, I have to get up and get on with my day. Consider this a preview and I'll be back to finish it off tonight, scouts honour !)
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Well Aimee was never a scout anyway so I ( Emmett ) will now finish this entry.
We stayed at the Old Monastery Hostel which was fabulous. Just think of a junk shop and an old house which were combined in a tornado?
There was an old dog, two cats, a rabbit and a guinea pig to welcome us upon arrival.
Which was good because there was no concierge on duty.
Quirky doesn't begin to describe it.
There was a bar which was built into what may have once been a courtyard area but was now covered over. The bar wasn't running the night we were there but was apparently in full swing the night before with a traditional session (music session) also held in the living room.
After our walk up the hill ( see above) we opened a bottle of wine, made ourselves dinner and sat in the living room. This is as far as we got all evening as we met an Aussie called Erin from Freemantle and chatted with her.
In the morning we were served a hot breakfast of hot scones, hot brown bread, porridge and boiled eggs. It was funny watching the Italian and Belgin couples at our table trying porridge for the first time and nice to chat with them.
Well there are more Letterfrack pictures which we may blog latter in the week. It will be a Mary special (you'll see what i mean).
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