The Burren & Cliffs of Moher

The Burren

(I pulled this off of google) The Burren is a region of County Clare in the southwest of Ireland. It’s a karst landscape that incorporates a vast cracked pavement of glacial-era limestone, cliffs and caves, fossils, rock formations and archaeological sites. On the Atlantic coast, the precipitous Cliffs of Moher are home to thousands of seabirds, including puffins.

This was suppose to be a quick stop on the way to the Cliffs of Moher, but Brian was in an adventerous mood and decided to walk through the Burren all of the way to the ocean....which took just a bit longer. I do love what an explorer he is! 

 The Cliffs of Moher

We finally had some nice weather!! We got to the cliffs and man that may be the coolest place I’ve ever been to! It is so hard to describe the beauty and scariness of it all at the same time. Brian and I hiked all the way to the end of the cliffs, which was around 5 miles. Around each turn we found a new place to take a picture and then the next turn would see an even better view. Thousands of seagulls have made their home on the cliffs, and we could see them flying and hovering in the wind and then go land on their nest below us. The cliffs are so stinkin steep and very intimidating which is hard to grasp from the pictures! We ate at the cafe and their seafood chowder wasn't nearly as good as the place in Kinvara. I'm afraid nothing will ever live up to that seafood chowder!

 

We always thought we were being so dangerous getting that close to the edge, so it felt better to sit than to stand since it was a complete drop off! We were watching youtube videos later and saw that sometimes the edge of the cliffs will just give away sooooo yeah. Not the best choice! We sort of forgot sometimes on our trip that we had four little girls that wanted us to come back home to them!