First Trip of the Year - Ireland & Scotland

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But they did have a nice pub and I managed to swill down yet another glass of black honey, Nectar of the Gods........

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Killarney is kinda touristy, but they have good places to eat and drink, so I like staying there.......

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Dumped all of the luggage at the new hotel before leaving town and then headed for the country on a day trip ride along the coast ....

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Fuckin' Galeic road signs, no wonder I was lost all of the time.....

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Paved goat paths that they call roads; damned near launched it over the side a couple of times as I was looking st shit instead of the road. The wife was oblivious to my riding mistakes though as she was checking out the scenery as well....

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Riding was kinda good through here........

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Old bridge built by the Romans (the fuckin' Romans!) before they nailed that guy up on a cross back in the day. That's an old assed bridge!

Some old guy was crawling around below the bridge and I kept shooting pics of him, hoping to capture the moment when he slipped to his death. But he never did...

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Getting late in the day and we start humping it back to Killarney, riding along some great twisties along the way.......

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Staying in the kickass Fairview Guesthouse in the middle Killarney tonight.

Got rock star parking along with a couple of other scooters.

Finally got a room with an actual king bed - hard to find here as the rooms are generally pretty small. Had a plasma, firepalce and good view out the window. Need to work on the garish room decor though. Not everyone likes their bedroom to look like a whorehouse....

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Had a cool little living room area with a nice gflat screen as well. Nice place.

Bummed around town that night, dranka few and hit the hay. Tomorrow is a long ride so we took it easy........

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We're heading for the west coast of Ireland today and need to cross a bay. The line for the ferry was about 100 cars long when we got there and the ferry holds about 25 cars. The trip is 30 minutes long so we were looking at about 1-1/2 to 2 hour wait, right? Not in Europe! Bikes go to the front of the line and don't have to wait. I felt bad passing all of those cars (not!) on my way to the front.

Looks warm in the pics, but it was about 45F and very windy, so Judy left her helmet on during the crossing.

Lots of old, fat bastards on BMW's on the ferry so I fit right in...

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Hit the first pub we saw, Crotty's, for lunch when we hit land. Got the usual Rock Star parking again, too...

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Can't sling a dead cat without hitting a castle ruin around here. Damned things are everywhere.....

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We ride north along the coast to Spanish Point, (named that as a bunch of Spanish sailor's died in a shipwreck off the point at in the 1400's) and into our home for the next 3 nights; The Armada Hotel (http://www.burkesarmadahotel.com/). Another high dollar place that I wouldn't have personally picked, but the wife didn't ask me.

Got a great sea view suite on with a cast iron tub in the middle of the room. I have a few pics of me in the tub taking a bath, but I'll spare you this time. You can thank me later.......

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picture FAIL...

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Incredible views from our room. Front Desk guy said they had whale watching boat tours available. Shit, I thought I saw one from my room. So I zoomed in and sure enough, "Thar she blows, matey!"

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Went outside after my bath and discovered that those really aren't dark tinted windows in the room. I thought that old lady had a rather surprised look on her face while I was towelling off....

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Of course the backyard had the requisite ruins. Wouldn't be Ireland without it...

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Bored with the outdoor life, I head into the bar to check emails for work. Stumbled upon a beer while I was in there. Heaven, I tell ya, pure heaven....

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Got drunk as shit and passed out that night. So no more pics until the next day.

It's rough waking up to this each day...

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Heading out today to explore our way around teh coastal roads. Found some more old churches and graveyards. They had the cornerstone of the church behind bars along with the date it was laid - 1250 AD..

Mortar is for pussies...

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The Celtic Crosses in the graveyard must have been impressively ornate when they were new...

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More coastal road shots......

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If you're gonna have a beach house, it might as well be a cool beach house. This guy renovated a tower castle for his. Noice!

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There's another one just down the road. Not quite in "move in" condition yet. Just needs some paint.......

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