Day 6 - Killarney, Ireland

Editor's Note - All postings are a collaborative effort of all four members of Team Red.

The men took their "P___ses" and departed Ennis around 9:30 and hit the road to Killarney. We made two stops, one in Adare and another in Tralee. The rain actually subsided for a while and we barely knew what that big yellow thing in the sky was!

Adare is said to be the cutest town in Ireland. They have cute thatched roof houses and an old Abbey that is now used as the local Catholic church. We missed confession time.

Dave and Edie in Adare.

Edie and Michael in Adare.

The Abbey in Adare.

We read about the country market in our Rick Steves' book and inquired at the Tourist center. Boy were Edie and Michael excited when they heard it was home baked goods market day. So we scurried over since it was close to the opening time. We were a little perplexed as we approached a bus station and figured it had to be right behind the building. As we rounded the corner we saw a long line of elderly people holding sacks standing outside of this door. It actually looked like a food line. Then the door opened and they started pushing their way in. After Sabrina almost pee'd her pants laughing, we entered the building after them. We were not prepared for the site! There were tables full of eggs, produce, and baked goods. We later found out the wives of the farmers bring all this stuff in to sell at this market once a week. Well, those old people were moving around the rows of tables grabbing and stuffing things in the little baskets they handed out as you entered. Dave and Sabrina stood back laughing as Michael and Edie clawed their way through to grab some lemon bars (which ended up being dry with the frosting sticking to the top of the plastic wrap....and Michael had to buy a coffee and water to wash them down) and cookies shoved with raisins. And we were lucky to get that!

The tail end of the stampede of Irish shoppers, with an average age of 85. Don't be misled, they are vicious shoppers.

We then continued on to Killarney and found our hotel, The Best Western International Hotel which is centrally located right smack in the middle of things. We may be experiencing bad hair days because the blow dryers are the kind that look like a vacuum and already Sabrina is copping an attitude about the whole thing.

We had dinner at our new favorite place, pubs. This took us a couple of meals to appreciate because we're walking in to a bar and having a full family meal. The food is simple, hardy, tasty, and reasonably priced. Tonight we had poached salmon, shepherd's pie, and Irish stew with fries and washed down with Guinness and wine (and water). Then for dessert we had chocolate fudge cake with ice cream and apple pie with cream.

Now we're blogging and deciding if we'll have a spot of tea.

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Good night from Killarney!