Ireland Kerry beach Killarney Crag Cave

Day 8 Sunday, June 12thBreakfast at Kingdom View was wonderful! Full Irish breakfast. Two other families were staying as well and we compared notes. We loaded up the car, settled our bill and took off. We discovered that though the B&B's were lovely and very friendly places, bringing kids to them isn't the best choice. I felt like I had to constantly shush them. Renting a cottage was much easier and cheaper for a week. We'll definitely rent a cottage again next time we come. Regarding B&B's, on Thursday we found out that Jessie & Dick wanted us to come back and stay on Sunday night instead of another B&B. We had paid for 7 nights and we were only staying 5. And since no one had rented the place for that week, we were welcome to stay. So I cancelled the B&B near Bunratty for that Sunday night. Leaving Kingdom View, we headed back onto the Ring of Kerry for one last look at the ocean. We took the B&B ladies advice (I wish I could remember her name) and found Glenbeigh/Rossbeigh beach. Very rocky parking area! And a steep rocky hill to the beach, but once there the beach was soft and huge. Tons and tons of tiny sea shells everywhere! Meri & I collected quite a few and kept them in a Pringle's can. The kids built their sand castle, got wet, found a wet dog to play with, found several washed up jelly fish, stepped on one and had a great time! The kids had to change their clothes next to the car out in front of the world. Meri had sand everywhere. Our next stop was Killarney. We found the road with the most shops and the book store that Robb wanted to check out. He found a few Sister Fidelma books that could not be found in the USA, I found some Niall Williams books and the kids found a few books each too. Of course, their books could have been found at the local Borders store. But it gave them something to do for the flight back. We had lunch in a pub a few doors down from the bookstore and gift shops. We're suckers for the cheesy souvenir shops! I got an Irish newspaper for a friend and some candy for the road. Does anyone else love those Aero bars? The Mint Chocolate ones as well as the Orange ones were fabulous!!! Ryan found a Guinness bottle key chain with fluid in it. I made sure by asking that it was only colored water. I found lots of stickers with Aoife written on them. That's Meredith's middle name and you can't find anything like that at home. Maddy picked out lots of postcards. Then we hiked back to the park & pay car park. We decided to skip Tralee and took Jessie's advice about Crag Cave. She had been there on several school trips and raved about it. But we kept it a secret from the kids. They had their noses in books or slept, so it wasn't a problem. We found Crag Cave easily enough. Tons of signs to guide you there! While we waited for the next tour to start, the kids and I found more souvenirs! I bought 2 Rugby Ireland shirts for Ryan and Maddy and since they didn't have one in Meri's size, I got her little dolls for the flight home. The Cave was vastly different from Mitchellstown Caves. For one thing you could take pictures here. Also the steps coming down into it were metal. It was much more commercialized. But still had water dripping from the ceiling and the usual damp feeling. I have to say tho that Ailwee is still my favorite. But I didn't tell the Crag guide that.We headed back to Bruree and our final night at the cottage. We packed and cleaned up the car as well as the house, getting all the groceries out for our final meal in our own little cottage. For supper that night we had leftover chips (French fries), spaghetti, hard boiled eggs, toast, salad, Lucozade (awful stuff!), milk, cereal and the rest of the battered hamburger patties. The kids got very silly and I recorded most of it on my digital camera as mini movies. More of the puffin jokes flew! I took the rest of our food stash down and gave it to Jessie along with our $$ to reimburse the electricity coins. She was such a dear and gave me a hug goodbye! We missed seeing the old mill run because Dick had been sick all week, but she told us to come back someday and rent there again. We very well might.

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