Last night was our Welcome Dinner. We had three choices of starters, entree and dessert. I had salmon on a bed of spinach for entree and Bailey''s Irish Whiskey cheesecake. Very good.
This morning we left Dublin and meandered westward through Ireland. We stopped in a small market town for coffee, banking, and potty. Before lunch we stopped in Stroketown to see an old manor house dating from 1740. It had its original furnishings and was inhabited until 1981 by the original family and its descendants. The way the English Lord lived was a stark contrast to the way the Irish workers who worked for them lived in their hovels. In 1850 of the manor, The Lord of the manner was murdered -small wonder. A museum dedicated to the Potato Famine was also on the grounds. To understand Ireland, you really have to understand the famine and also the emigration that followed. We went on down the road and to a lunch cruise on the Shannon River. We are staying in Ballina tonight in County Mayo in the Northwest corner of Ireland---near Northern Ireland. Chuck had a Guiness tonight (for CD). Had a spectacular dinner with pureed harvest vegetable soup, salmon with all kinds of vegetables (including roasted and mashed potatoes), and ice cream with raspberry drizzle in a meringue. Although we did very little physical, we are still jet lagged and tired.
This morning we left Dublin and meandered westward through Ireland. We stopped in a small market town for coffee, banking, and potty. Before lunch we stopped in Stroketown to see an old manor house dating from 1740. It had its original furnishings and was inhabited until 1981 by the original family and its descendants. The way the English Lord lived was a stark contrast to the way the Irish workers who worked for them lived in their hovels. In 1850 of the manor, The Lord of the manner was murdered -small wonder. A museum dedicated to the Potato Famine was also on the grounds. To understand Ireland, you really have to understand the famine and also the emigration that followed. We went on down the road and to a lunch cruise on the Shannon River. We are staying in Ballina tonight in County Mayo in the Northwest corner of Ireland---near Northern Ireland. Chuck had a Guiness tonight (for CD). Had a spectacular dinner with pureed harvest vegetable soup, salmon with all kinds of vegetables (including roasted and mashed potatoes), and ice cream with raspberry drizzle in a meringue. Although we did very little physical, we are still jet lagged and tired.
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