17 June, 2009
The British Isles Day 3-?
It's way to hard to post something every day because we're trying to fit so much in. I'm in Scotland now for the third day, in a city called Perth. Ireland was beautiful but it's tiny roads and truck traffic made it difficult to get around to all of the place we wanted to see. As a result of some back roads travel we stumbled upon Birr castle, home to the Leviathan of Parsonstown, a 72 inch reflecting telescope. The Great Telescope was the largest in the world from 1875 to 1917. Also an unexpected find was William Butler Yeats' 1919 tower home, Thoor Ballylee. On our way out to Aran Island the Irish Coast Guard decided to practice a helicopter rescue from our moving passenger ferry, it was quite a sight. It's time to try haggis and black pudding, have a look at some pictures and wish me luck.
P.S. Haggis and black pudding is quite tasty actually!
06 June, 2009
The British Isles Day 1-2
