Bikes, Ocean, and Bulmers: Day 23 in Ireland

This was my favorite day in Ireland to date. The Aran Islands. After getting to sleep in an extra hour or so, we hopped on vans and drove down to the ferry that departed at around 10:30am. Besides the weather being unbelievably warm, sunny, and beautiful, there was that lack of an independent mapping project looming over everyone's head. When our ferry got to the islands, a bunch of us wandered around until we found a small cafe to have the traditional Irish breakfast I've become so obsessed with over here.

This little guy joined us for breakfast in the sun

Irish breakfast

When they have "pudding" on the menu in Ireland, this is what you get

The cafe

After we ate breakfast, we all rented a bunch of bikes (including 2, yes 2, tandem bikes) to bike up to the old ring fort on the island.

Renting out bikes

Sketchiest tourist office I've ever seen

The oceanside road we biked on

Some cool crystallized salt in the limestone

Alan and Megan on tandem

Epic.

The old ring fort

Ring Fort

Ring Fort

I know you can't tell how high up I am, but take my word for it...i'm HIGH

Sky cells much?

The group: Me, Annette, Michael, Megan, Alan, Hannah, and Lisa

Some cool cliffs or whatever...

A wrap up to a good ride with an ice cold Bulmers. 

This picture sums up pretty much every van ride. Every. One.

 After we got back from the islands, we all went shopping for a mexican dinner night...sadly the last of our huge group cooking parties...

Southern friend chicken in Ireland?!?!

The last of our big group cooking dates...