CLIFFS OF MOHER

We reached Cliffs of Moher in the morning:

I knew it will be so touristic, and it was !!!!

Huge huge parking just near the cliffs........

At the entrance, a museum touristic center like an airport, 

full of people from all over the world...!!!!

The cliffs of Moher stretch for 8 km and rise 214 m.

They were formed 320 million years ago, by accumulation 

of sediments from the ocean

that gave rise to strata of sandstone schist and limonite.

The cliffs are home to biodiversity: more than 20 species 

of seabirds are living here.

The panorama is impressive, the natural colours, 

turquoise, green, black, plants and stone,

wind and water...

The wind was so strong there but we were equiped!

We walked a bit but we were unable 

to do our planned mini hike: the access points were closed,

probably due to tourist overcrowding...

Look at this crowd;...!!!!!

As usual there was a minivan 

where you could buy coffee, chocolate, ice cream and crêpes...

And then the mist came and settled everywhere.

Magical !

We took the opportunity to have lunch

until the mist cleared again...

and that most of tourists go away...

In the museum center, an immersive 4D video 

(with wind, water splash) transformed us into a

seabird meeting our fellow birds: flying above the cliffs,

observing nests and species, diving under the ocean,

discovering the fauna and flora there

and climbing the cliffs again.

I loved it !!!

But since the Saltee Islands and my sunburn,

one of my ears was more and more infected...

I decided to go to a pharmacy to buy some desinfectant.

But the pharmacist explained that the infection

seemed little severe and referred me to a doctor 2 doors down.

They accepted me quiclky and the doctor was........ french!

even if it was difficult for him to speak suddenly in french.....

After having me examined by his colleague,

they preferred to send me to the emergency in Gallway....

As Yuta says this episode which lasted 4 h 

in the emergency room of this university hospital

showed us the inner workings of Irish society.

The staff was South Asian, the patients from all

walks of life, mixed children and ederly, trauma and

mental health...

As in France, the Irish hospital system is suffocating,

but all the staff remained so patient,

professional and incredibly friendly 

despite their degraded working conditions.

My doctor was a beautiful young lady from Malaisia

she was taking a week vacation the following week in Chamonix.

She really desserved it !!!

She gave me some antiobiotics.

As I was waiting my turn at the hospital

Amané and Yuta went to the city:

they saw a pro Palestinian demonstration.

``and found a strange  (Amané said this) chinese irish restaurant !!

but I know they enjoyed their first pasta 

since one week: a real challenge for both of us.....!!!!!!!!!