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Straight from the Journal:Ireland Day 8-Sheep and Crows

Today was sightseeing day! We got up early to a full Irish breakfast. Eggs (eww), delicious bacon, toast, sausage, white (regular) pudding, and black (blood) pudding. I couldn't quite bring myself to eat the blood pudding, but I should have. We went along a tiny road that inclind along the west coast to County Kerry. We passed through Bantry, stopped in Kenmare for souvenier/gifts shopping at Quills. We ate lunch at a cute cafe called "Boka", where I had a baby shrimp and avocado sandwich. Everyone's fod was delicious. We then spent time in Killarney National Park. It was uber foggy at the beginning, and we only had about a 15ft visibility range. It was just a white sheet over the landscape. Everyone was a little discouraged that we had driven so far for nothing. But then, we passed through a tunnel, the fog lifted, and revealed one of the most gorgeous view I've ever seen in my life. JWellum5 helped pick out some stellar places to stop and take pictures. Blake an...