Kelly's Trip to Ireland, August 2004

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See my description below the pictures!

Aunt Pat and Dad	Guinness turtle	James Cullen	Jim and Kel at the cliffs
Kel[1] Vik statues	Kel[2] Vik Poster	Kinsale	Kylemore Abbey
Paddy, Kel & Derek	Pop	Sandstone cross	St Patricks Cathedral
The Cliffs of Moher	The Irish Red Door	The burren 2	The west
ancient carvings	another castle	at the brewery	castle window
cindy and me	clonmacnoise 2	clonmacnoise	dad and georgia
dad maryclare and pat	dads part of the quilt	entrance into the tomb	glorious ireland
jim and castle	kelly victoria and the irish boys	me and jim	me and paddy
me and the castle	more churches	our family	our first castle
paddy at the cliffs	paddy	stunning art	the blarney castle
the countryside	the quilt	the cullen crew	the cullens
us with peg cleary	vik and kel

Well my 6-week vacation was absolutely fabulousI dont even know where to begin.

I started the trip with my work colleague and good friend, Beth, in Fiji. We played tourists at tropical resort on the Coral Coast; we bathed in the sun for 8+ hours a day and slept in total island comfort. We then continued down to my favorite country, New Zealand, for some shopping and rejuvenating time at the Spa. I was also fortunate to see my good Kiwi friends and began to look for land to buy once I retire.

I continued my vacation with a 43 hours flight (and layovers) to the gorgeous Emerald Isle of Ireland and homeland of my family. The first week was spent with some of my very best friends from the Peace Corps, Jim and Vikki. We travel through the center and N W coast of Ireland staying at B & B and sampling the Irish beers and whiskeys. The second part of the trip was a large family reunion of the Cullen clan. It was probably the best family vacation I have ever had. We stayed in beautiful hotels, ate wonderful cuisine and did all the fun-filled tourist things from Dublin-to Cork-to Galway and back. I finally had some quality time with my immediate and extended family. I ended the trip with another friend from London, Victoria, flying over to Dublin for my last 3 days. We painted the town red and I left exhausted and with a big smile on my face.

I hope you enjoy some of the pictures I think it will show that it was truly an outstanding vacation!

All my love,

Kelly