A Busy Busy Day in Dingle

[BirdbyBird]

We spent two nights in Dingle. This tour is not big on shopping time but that worked okay for most of us.

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[MandysMom]

Gee that looks like a fun day with water and horses!
Velda

[snowball]

I agree Velda a fun day!! I'm surprised that they don't make shopping a higher priority
would bring income into those smaller towns..
enjoying your visit
sheila

[BirdbyBird]

I think some of the larger tour groups probably leave more "shopping" time. Our Vagabond Tour really did focus on keeping us actively exploring Ireland. I think we all got several opportunities to stimulate the local economy. and we all had more going back with us than what we came with....we'll except for Liz. She had planned several items that she could leave behind when she was finished with them Gave her a little wiggle room in her luggage.

[SoCalGalcas]

What a fun day! Great pictures Tina. Lyn

[JudyJB]

Be glad about the lack of shopping. In 2005, I took a Greek Island cruise with a friend. Every time we took a shore tour, it had a large part of shopping. Like visiting a "pottery factory" was really someone in a pottery store demonstrating how to paint a pot and the rest of the time trying to sell is pottery. Then there was the trip to the winery on Malta that I got talked into by my friend who did not like museums. Not only did we sit for an hour and a half of a spiel at a winery also trying to sell us bad wine, but then we went to an "artists village" which turned out to be Quonset huts on an old US WWII army base. Each Quonset hut, of course, was filled with souvenirs. We spent a lousy two hours there. Yikes!!!

Better to spend your time seeing beautiful and historic places than those "tourist" places.

[Gentleladybear]

I looked at all those cliffs from above, but you get such a great view from the water. But I might have skipped the horses, I remember my stubborn horse that demaned to eat green grass and he won. Whiskey will always be remembered. There are so many great items in Ireland you want to buy.... Dingle penniular is such a wonder place to visit.