Reporting from Dungloe, County Donegal, Ireland- I am currently experiencing my last holiday in Ireland and what amazing scenery Iv experienced so far! It's hard to believe that I will be so far away from my homeland in less than a week, but that doesn't take away from the excitement of it all!
Driving up here was not as long as I would have imagined- well I know Ireland isn't that big to begin with but still! You could get from the most southerly part of Ireland to the most northerly part in or around 8 hours which seems mad! Especially when it took us two weeks to drive from Melbourne to Darwin all those years ago! How or take a few stop offs though, but it shows the incredible size difference overall!
Stopping off in Strandhill, in Sligo, a county home to half of westlife, we took in the rugged west coast scenery and watched the surfers in awe as they battled the huge waves before us! Why had I never learned to surf? Australia/California... I had plenty of chances! But that doesn't mean I can't aim to try in the future! And I will!
We stopped off at W.B.Yeates grave in Rosses Point, Sligo before carrying on to our next destination Co. Donegal!
Driving up here was not as long as I would have imagined- well I know Ireland isn't that big to begin with but still! You could get from the most southerly part of Ireland to the most northerly part in or around 8 hours which seems mad! Especially when it took us two weeks to drive from Melbourne to Darwin all those years ago! How or take a few stop offs though, but it shows the incredible size difference overall!
Stopping off in Strandhill, in Sligo, a county home to half of westlife, we took in the rugged west coast scenery and watched the surfers in awe as they battled the huge waves before us! Why had I never learned to surf? Australia/California... I had plenty of chances! But that doesn't mean I can't aim to try in the future! And I will!
We stopped off at W.B.Yeates grave in Rosses Point, Sligo before carrying on to our next destination Co. Donegal!
We carried on up to Dungloe in Co.Donegal where we would check into our coastal hotel! The drive was very remote but very serene and at one point - maybe a few points actually- It seemed like we were heading the complete wrong way! But with the help of google maps- god bless the IPhone- we arrived In the small coastal town and checked into our hotel which overlooked the sea with a backdrop of rugged mountain, dotted with typical Irish cottage style houses! Our hotel - Dungloe Coast Hotel was nicely located and had a very homely atmosphere on arrival! Our room was cosy & warm- typically Irish, and the town itself seemed pretty cool!
One concern I had, was the lack of vegetarian options on the hotel restaraunt menu. If I don't like pasta, I would have starved! With tonnes of lovely dishes - for a non veggie- on the menu, I figured I could choose something nice and just ask for it minus the meat, but no that wasn't an option. I opted for- well not really-the plane veggie pasta which when I received it, was really very average and actually suppressed my appetite! With all that aside, we headed to the village where we had an ice cream and continued to the Bay View Hotel for a beer and a chat! The atmosphere was great and it was so lovely to enjoy a nice cold Coors after weeks- probably months- of not drinking! (Sacrifices of saving to travel) So worth it though! Today we plan to explore more of Donegal and take a boat trip to Aran Mor Island! Who knows what the day will bring! Oh did I mention inks a lovely veggie breakfast here in the hotel, well I did and it even came with whole grain toast- yum!
On pur way back home tomorrow, we plan to drive back though Sligo, stop off in Strandhill once again and have dinner in Yeates Tavern- named after W.B.Yeates! Exciting stuff!
For now I will carry on with my Donegal adventure and no doubt I will have a follow up to my experience on my return!
Peace x
On pur way back home tomorrow, we plan to drive back though Sligo, stop off in Strandhill once again and have dinner in Yeates Tavern- named after W.B.Yeates! Exciting stuff!
For now I will carry on with my Donegal adventure and no doubt I will have a follow up to my experience on my return!
Peace x
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