slaw's Wednesday May 9th, 2012

Every time I type 'Dingle' into my iPhone it autocorrects it to single - it seemed appropriate.
Today we slept in - a much needed luxury. It's the first time since dublin that we have spent more than one night in the same place. And we were happy to be so. Dingle has been good to us. It's a lovely, quiet, and quaint little town. Our goal today was to do some local shopping and drive the peninsula.
We walked the streets looking for the perfect souvenir and found it in this sweet little art shop called Dingle Artworks. The shop contained many paintings all by the same artist! Jessa and I both bought a piece. I bought two:)
Then we were off on the Slea head drive of the dingle peninsula. It was beautiful and picturesque - probably more so than the ring of Kerry and not just because the locals say so! As an added bonus the drive was only 50km. We saw bee hive huts that were over 2500 years old, an old famine village, beaches, and beautiful coastal viewpoints. And sheep - always lots of sheep.
For dinner we went to a place called 'out of the blue' which serves only seafood and only seafood that is fresh off the boats that morning and then a new menu Is created daily. Jessa and I both ordered fish that we had never heard of that was caught locally. It was amazing.
Then we went to a pub/hardware store (recommended by my friend Mark and by Marie who was previously mentioned) called Foxy Johns for a drink - but ended up staying for two because the company was so good. It was so nice hearing the locals tell their stories and being able to tell them ours. It was a fantastic way to pass time. And the Irish have truly learned the art of this pastime!
The only thing that was missing was music - but that would have ruined a great moment. And that's saying something coming from me.

Dingle, Munster, Ireland at 5:09pm IST.

The Courthouse Pub at 12:46am IST in Dingle, Munster, Ireland.