Ireland Island

When you go to Ireland, you’d better expect rainy days and nippy winds from the west. After all, there is a reason why Ireland is called the green island. However, sometimes you may be blessed with sunshine and blue sky—in between that is.

Such was the case during the little bit more than two weeks I have been travelling mostly the west coast of the green island lately. We certainly experienced better weather than we had expected—even days when we got ourselves a little tan. Not at all bad for a visit to the usually rather wet island which stands as a barrier between the Atlantic Ocean and the rest of Europe.

I have always enjoyed visiting Ireland; the forthcoming people and their humour and sharp tongue as well as the beautiful landscape, whether its green rolling hills or the sharp cliffs falling off into the ocean. We got our shares of both this time. And of course our daily pint of Guinness.

This visit was pure vacation. And vacation is was. We were entirely able to enjoy life, whether in towns we visited or out on the countryside; then biking, hiking or kayaking. One might think that I, as a professional photographer, would not photograph much when on holiday. But of course I did, although photographing came second. Mostly for capturing memories and as a diary of our travel. Along here are but a few of the holiday impressions from Ireland.