Road Trip

Last weekend we went on a small road trip through the Burren and back along the beach. I took many pictures and it was really hard to decide, which to publish. The first thing that we saw was a megalithic tomb in the Burren. To be honest, the picture conceals that it is very close to the road. But still it is impressive to see something that is about 4000 years old and still standing.

After that we drove along the coast. We even went down to the water on that coarse-grained saand beach. But the water was extremely cold.

From that point we went on a small hike up the hills on the left.

The ground there is very rocky (Irish: Boireann-great rock). The walls on many of my pictures are something typicl for Ireland: In the 19th century there was a lot of unemployment in Ireland. So the politicians decided on an employment-creation measure...

The hills that you can see on the other side of the bay are Connemara.

The road continued along those cliffs, that turn into the cliffs of Moher further south.
Since we were already in the vicinity of the cliffs of Moher we decided to stop there for sunset. It turned out to be a good decision, since the official facilities were closed at this time. So we could even walk to the restricted areas. :)

Interested, what lies behind the edge on the picture above? Here it is: About 200 meters. This is a sight, that makes you feel really small.