Dingle.. Yes, Dingle. My entire family gave me a funny look on FaceTime when I told them where I was going (my family is clearly very mature) but that look soon changed after I showed them photos of this incredibly colorful harbor town and the beautiful drive that awaited once we arrived. Due to the great weather in Ireland (shocking, I know) there was a discounted trip to Dingle run through Irish Experience Tours who cater tours to college students. Me, two of my roommates, and the girls we went to Blarney with all ventured to the Atlantic Coast for a day. Our first stop was at Ross Castle in Killarney where we looked out onto a lake and could climb around the castle. The next stop was at Inch Beach! I loved stopping at this beach even though it was a tad chilly hearing the waves crash and being able to touch the ocean made it memorable. Next Stop = Dingle!! Dingle was absolutely incredible; sadly, many of the places around town were shut down since we were traveling during off season but having the places to just our tour definitely made up for that. We stopped in town to get some snacks for the drive to the Wild Atlantic Way but on our way home we would stop back in town to explore more. We could not have asked for better weather. After stopping in the town we continued on our way until me made it to the Sleigh Head stop where we hiked a cliff to get to the view seen in the picture above and at the bottom of the cliff was the beach pictured in the first image. I could not get enough of the view. Honestly, I probably took close to 200 photos on my camera and almost as many on my phone. At this point, I was starting to think people just made up that Ireland is always dreary and rainy because I had really yet to experience any of that at all. Albeit, the weather was a bit windy but other than that it was a perfect day trip. We made a few more stops along the way; one was at a place where we could see Clachan ("beehive") huts that have been around since before the 8th century. Finally, we made it back to Dingle and while my friends explored the shops or ate I wandered around and took photos of the town. I absolutely love taking photos of architecture and the colorful buildings in Ireland are one of my favorites. They are just such a juxtaposition with the old European architecture of the churches and other buildings in the same town; I truly love it. There is also a dolphin who lives in the harbor of Dingle and so we learned a little about him and saw his statue but sadly never got to see him :/ Seeing the sunset on the harbor was a perfect ending to another perfect day in Ireland!
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