Ruins and playgrounds

Sunday 18th May 2014

Blog post dictated by Miss 9

Today we had out first Irish breakfast at Alverna House B&B.  I thought that it was very tasty.  I had cocoa pops and then eggs and bacon.  After breakfast we drove to Athlone town and bought some food and drinks to have in the car.  Then we went to Clonmacnoise Abbey which was built in the 1200's so it is very, very old.  This is one of the standing crosses at Clonmacnoise.

There are a lot of old towers and ruins at the Abbey.  This is a tower that the monks used to hide in if the Abbey was being attacked. 

This is the Whispering Gate.  If you stand under it and whisper it echoes around you.  

This is a picture of us by our car.  It is a Ford Galaxy.  We can all fit in and our bags too.  The only thing is that one person has to sit in the back on a seat by the bags. 



 We had a picnic lunch and then drove to Loughrea.  We stopped at Loughrea for a break and to play on the playground.  They even had exercise machines so we all had a go.  In the olden days people used to build their own little islands in the middle of the lough and build houses on them.

One of the most interesting looking places was this street in Kinvara where there lots of different coloured shops in a long row.  We walked along this road and went to see the pier and then we went out for dinner.  We went to Keogh's bar and I had chicken goujons and chips for dinner.  It was very yummy.  We stayed the night at Fallon's B&B.