The last few days I spent on Dingle Penisula (Corca Dhuibhne). The main city Dingle (An Daingean) is a small town with a run-down but still busy fishing port, maybe the most important port in western Ireland. There are a few cosy pubs in the town, offering very good food. No surprise, as Dingle is famous for its annual "Dingle Food and Wine Festival".

From Baltimore I headed west. After a detour to Mizen Head lighthouse, I took the Ring of Beara. The past three days I spent on Kerry Penisula. Although the penisula is not very large and most of the visitors do the trip around the famous "Ring of Kerry" in just one day, I decided to split it up into a few parts.

Meanwhile the first week of my vacation is over. Yesterday, I arrived at Baltimore, Co. Cork. The small village located in the south west is famous for its medieval lighthouse, called "Lots wife". Today I left the car and made a daytrip to Cape Clear Island. From Baltimore, you can reach the island by ferry in about one hour.

I'm sitting in a nice little pub in the centre of Dublin. For now, this is my last evening in this lively city. Tomorrow I'll be heading south into the Wicklow Mointains. Hurricane Katia has calmed down and went on without any bigger losses. Although it touched Ireland only a little, we had a gale up to 10 Bf even in the city, making walking, or sometimes even standing and taking pictures, a bit challenging.