day fifteen - sheep of insanity

Ireland Illustrated, Part Two:


During my first few days in Ireland, I was excited to see the herds of white, fluffy sheep dotting the verdant hillside.  I couldn't get out my camera fast enough to capture the quintessential Irish scene (which of course is also a quintessential New Zealand scene).  Every photo was coming out kinda blurry because I was inevitably on a moving bus.  But then I soon realized that sheep are as ubiquitous to Ireland as Hello Kitty is to Japan and wats are to Thailand.  They are pretty much everywhere.  I even saw a show where this shepherd demonstrated how border collies are used to herd the sheep.  There I finally got all the sheep photos that I needed.       


In Galway, near the Spanish Arch is a row of houses by the water.  One of these houses is red.  I hope there is some ordinance which requires that house to stay painted red (and the other houses stay a muted color).  It just works.  Chi Young and I actually almost saw an apartment there, but when the agent showed up for the appointment, he said the apartment has already been let.



The Cliffs of Moher is surely one of the must-see tourist attractions in Ireland.  The Cliffs were featured in The Princess Bride as the Cliffs of Insanity.  The day we visited, it was initially pretty foggy.  But within ten minutes, the fog shifted and we were able to enjoy the Cliffs in all their majesty.  I did not see Princess Buttercup though.