May 8 - Recess

Left Aflone and headed towards Recess to stay in a Castle. Along the way we took some pictures, found the Quiet Mans Bridge. There was another couple there from Italy taking pictures of the bridge too. We stopped at a tourist shop which had a variety of tourist stuff like sweaters, Guinness stuff, jewelry, and such. One of the clerks saw my camera and started asking a lot questions about photography. He also showed us some photos he's taken of local folks he knows, including his little baby boy. I picked up a nice rosary for my mother at the shop. The store had a statue and small monument in the parking lot. The monument said "On this site in 1897 nothing happened". By then we were really close to the castle. We walked around the property after checking in. It is on a pretty river. Our room had a great view of the river.

We ate in their Pub because we didn't want to dress for dinner, and we hoped the pub might be a little less expensive. The food was quite good. They gave us a vegetable side dish of snow peas and carrots. They had to be the freshest tastiest vegetables I have ever had. They also had a dish of small potatos, which were also the freshest, tastiest potatos we have ever had.

It rained lightly that night, but we were in for the night, so it didn't ruin our day. It ended up being the only real rain we saw for our entire trip. The locals were ecstatic about the great weather "we" brought.