We decided to put a day off during this trip:
one day we don't change B and B...!
And we ere lucky because it was in the best B and B
and because this day, it was raining or really grey !
As in Bretagne, hortensia (and fuschias!!) are everywhere !
Cloudy and rainy on mount Brandon.
Walking to Brandon creek.
St Brendan the navigator is an irish monk from the 6 th century.
According to the medieval tale The Navigation of St Brendan,
he set out from Brandon Creek with 14 disciples to reach
the promised land of the blessed..
This voyage lasted 7 years, it's a kind of Celtic Odysseus.
Brendan and his disciples could have reach America
900 years earlier than Colombus.
To test this idea, in 1976 TIM Severin built a curragh
(traditionnal irish wood and leather boat) using ancient techniques).
He also set out from Brandon Creek
and after several stops reached North America.
This experdition demonstrated that such voyage was
technically feasible using 6th century techniques and means.
Today, Brendan creek is a small, quiet cove,``
where people come for swimming as we saw this morning...
Going back we met a gardener Tom and talked with him
about Irish society today:
prices are too high, they miss people for some works (as in medicine),
people from south Asia are coming to help,
his family as many Irish people is all over United States
but they are coming this summer.
Then because of the rain we decided to reach
the little village near (Ballyferriter)
in order to visit his museum.
It was a really small Museam Chora Dhuibhne
linked to a coffee irish bookshop.
It displays on the geology,
archeology and history of the Dingle peninsula.
A doll made by stone founded in a tomb.
There were some nice explanations about Ogham alphabet
we have seen on stones: it's an ancient celtic alphabet, f
rom the 4th to 7th century. It consists on lines carved along
a vertical line (often the edge of a stone).
Each sign represents a letter (20 main).
It can be called the tree alphabet
because each letter bears the name of a tree or a plant.
Then we had a lunch in this pub (not our picture)
It was funny: the waiter was really young...
Teenagers are often working in Ireland.
And yes, 14-15 years old can do odd jobs as baby sitting, farm work,
helping family, only during holidays with limited hours.
This pub was full of funny sayings.
Then we came back to Dingle, Amané wanted to visit
an cafe liteartha, a bookstore with a coffee place.
Amané said she'll do the same when she will be retired.
The owner was a beautiful old man, wearing irish and casquette suits...
And going back to our B and B with the soup of the day !!!
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