Sometimes you just get the feeling it's time to go home. Last night after two weeks of eating Irish food, we skipped the pub food and finally broke down and stopped at a McDonalds to have dinner. When you begin to long for some American style chicken nuggets, you know the other side of the pond is calling. Funny thing is that when your ready to go home, you find out that there's 100 mph winds pinpointed at your airplane or it's general direction. Yesterday was let down day. We went from staying in paradise equipped with comfy beds, gorgeous views, fresh eggs and wi-fi to sleeping on lumpy beds, no internet and eating coco pops out of a tea cup. Chris has got himself a nasty cold two days before the Ironman and we made more wrong turns yesterday than a teenage boy on his first date. But to look at the bright side of things (there's always a bright side), we did get to see the cliffs of "Mohair" yesterday. The cliffs are spectacular and the visitor center is well appointed, but can someone tell me why, when you finally get to a majestic place like the Grand Canyon or a place like Moher, people tend to be cranky? Maybe it's because places like this are always tucked away at far reaches of the earth and it takes hours(and many twisty turns) to get there. Maybe it's also because of the inherent dangers of the possibility of your children falling off 1000 foot cliffs. I spent the entire time stressing out over the fact that Peter would fall of the cliff. At one point, the wall stops and the kids wanted to follow everyone beyond safe area. The European tourist seemed to stop at nothing to get in between the safety-net of my hand linked with my kid's hand. Really, whats the rush people? I'm no safety freak, but we watched a little 5 year old jumping up and down doing dance leaps and sucking on a lolly, 5 inches from the edge while her dad fiddled with his camera completely oblivious. It kinda made me want to throw up. Upon reading this, you may wonder where today's ordinary miracle is? First is that I have two kids that have not fallen off of any cliffs. Yeah! Second, because of our not so perfect day, we have come to appreciate the rest of this awesome trip for what it has been. Third… well I cant think of a third. But Chris just reminded me that we are staying in the only wing of the hotel that doesn't reek of cigarette smoke. The sun is up and today looks promising. Coco Pops for everyone! After enjoying this good nutritious breakfast, the adventure continues.
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Kim
8/25/2011 06:35:31 am
WOW
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Are the water and sky really that blue or is that a camera trick thing? I know that cliff feeling...when our oldest son was about 4, we were working in a camp in upstate NY for the summer with international counselors. We hiked to Kaaterskill Falls one weekend (very long way down) with Trish, from Switzerland. She sat at the edge swinging her legs and invited Keith, our son, to sit on her lap! Of course he scurried over while I vainly grabbed for him, afraid that going after him too heartily would send us both over. Needless to say, we, too survived:)
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Susan
8/25/2011 08:53:51 am
Oh the memories this brings back...to Sue, the water and the sky really are that blue and the greens, 40 shades of them, are just that green.
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Tina
8/25/2011 09:27:40 am
This is gorgeous....though that seems like an incredibly inadequate word. We did cranky right this summer as well....right down to Sofia having a full-blown temper tantrum in front of a temple dated back to 450 B.C. named, ironically of course, "Temple of Peace". Go figure. :) It's actually our favorite part of the trip to talk about....meltdown, grouchy parents, risk of life and limb and all...
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Lynn Stanwood
8/25/2011 10:56:11 am
Guess Peter will not make Jessica's birthday party Saturday.
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8/27/2011 12:36:51 pm
Your photos are breathtaking. Wish I were on the trip with you guys. I thanked Peter's Guardian Angel for all the overtime he put in. The poor guy with the wings must be exhausted.
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Liz McCoy
9/2/2011 03:27:20 am
Absolutely breathtaking!!
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