Muckross House & Gardens, Killarney National Park

Weather: Cool, chilly, breezy, cloudy.

Anyone who knows my husband knows he likes to walk, and walk, and walk...

Slept in a bit today and after breakfast at the hotel we decided to walk into Killarney National Park. Come to find out it is a 5k (3 mile) walk down the Kerry Way to the part of the park we wanted to see - Muckross House/Estate & gardens, Torc waterfall. Feeling tired of walking already we made it to Muckross estate and bought tickets for the house tour. The guided tour was excellent (50 min) and gave a lot of history not only of the family that built the estate in the 1800s, but of Queen Victoria's visit to Muckross later in the century, and of Killarney. Well worth it! After the house tour we walked around the gardens and then another mile and a half to the Torc waterfall, also well worth it. Back to the house areas for lunch and then walk back to town. More than 10 miles total we figured. Time for a pint at a local pub . We came upon this place after the main pubs were full... very crusty, old and local and everyone speaking Gaelic (Irish). Evidently the owner knows Irish people who went to Oregon to sheep farm!