our second day at the castle, michael booked a fly-fishing trip with our guide syrl. {he kept wanting to call him syrup}.
later that night we had the best dinner of our stay in ireland at the owenmore restaurant at the hotel. we had a fabulous view, good wine, and great food.
the next day we packed up and left early and headed up past clifden to a town called cleggan where we went horseback riding along the countryside and on the beach. {i think the helmets add a nice touch}
we decided to make the several hour drive to see the cliffs of moher {a must see} before calling it a day. it really was beautiful.
i made the executive decision {since I was holding the map} for us to drive a different route on the way back. it was a secluded drive along the rocky coast and just beautiful. all was well until michael thought something was wrong with the car. we pulled over and he got out and said our tire was on fire. hmmm. lovely. only we had already used our spare so here we are stuck in the middle of nowhere. luckily a very kind man, jimmy, came out of his house just as we pulled over to the shoulder. however, he did not have a phone {??!?!} so he told us to walk up the road to johnny’s house that he would have one. we walked to johnny’s and he told us we were in the town of fenor, he let us use his phone and after about an hour help arrived. we piled in the tow truck to drive an hour back to kilfenora to get new tires for the rental. we finally arrived back in galway around 9pm, absolutely exhausted.
