"It is a country where there is not enough water to drown a man, wood enough to hang one, nor earth enough to bury him"
-Edmund Lundlow, regarding the Burren-
Today I was off to see to the Burren (pronounced burn) meaning 'rocky place' in Irish. Although the guidebooks highly recommended a visit to the area, they did a poor job of making it sound appealing. Based on their descriptions I was expecting a giant slab of limestone with a bunch of plant life growing in the nooks and crannies. Doesn't that sound exciting? But I have to tell you. I absolutely LOVED the Burren. I drove along the shore line.
and gazed at the white beaches (minus the sand)
And read odd signs in the bathroom
The best part was by far the Cliffs of Moher. Perhaps you know them better as the Cliffs of Insanity from Princess Bride.
Along the edge of the cliffs is a trail that is marked as out of bounds signs and safety warnings. As I was jumping over the wall back into the inbounds area, I heard the quote of the day. One girl was trying to convince her friend to join her on the trail.
GIRL 1: Look, everyone else is doing it.
GIRL 2: And if they jumped off, would you too?
Oh and here's a picture of me by the ocean thanks to the self-timer on my camera.
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