On the road in Ireland (Part 3)

Since the weather was going to be really good the next day, Sandra and I decided to bypass the Dingle Peninsula and head to the Ring of Kerry.  That's right, they have a whole place named after me!

On the way there, we stopped outside of Tralee to visit the Blennerville Windmill. 

It was built in 1800 and is Ireland's largest working mill.  We walked up the four flights of stairs to see all the gears.

Here is Sandra going down the very steep stairs trying not to hit her head.

The Ring of Kerry is basically a driving route around the Iveragh Peninsula.  When we reached the Ring of Kerry, my name was EVERYWHERE.  I was even more excited to find out they had Kerry ponies!   Here I am standing in front of a sign with my name on it (mulitple times).

We saw the Kerry Bog Village on the side of the road and decided to visit it.

It's a small village that had reconstructed cottages dating back to the 1800's which shows how life would have been back then.

The village has some animals in it.  Here are some very tired/bored Irish Wolfhounds.

The village was rather cute.  Each house had piles of peat outside and inside, some of the fireplaces were burning peat.  It was a lovely smell.

A photo from inside one of the cottages.

The underside of the roofs even were packed with peat.  They used the earth for everything. 

Some more peat bricks for the fireplace.

One of the cottages was set up as a stable.

They had these really funny fake animals inside.

The Kerry ponies were out playing so we did not see any, but I could buy one apparently.

Of course, I could not resist all the signs.  Sandra and I could not stop laughing over this one!

When we were done, we jumped in the car and headed to Portmagee for the evening.  The plan for the next day was to get on a boat and head to the world heritage site Skellig Michael.

Just wait until you see the next blog entry! You will be amazed.