City Hike 3

We love these city hikes.  They are a great opportunity to see different aspects of both the city and the Vienna Woods. 

Good-Bye Donegal for Now

Brian's Donegal Tour

Brian took us to his favourite sites.  We walked through to WW II fort, stopped in an incredible overpass, ate the country's best clam chowder, and ended our day hiking through the most northern part of the country.

Stone Circles and Ancient Forts

We started our day in search of on search of one of the 200 stone circles - sparse boulder rings left over from the people who lived in Ireland before the Celts.  

During the Bronze Age, Ireland was populated by farmers who put a lot of time and effort gathering huge rocks and arranging them into ceremonial circles for use in rituals.

We were the only people other than the Shepard mediating at the circle.

We also stopped at Grianan Aileach Ring Fort, an Iron Age fortification originally build around the time of Christ.  The fort we saw was mostly rebuilt from the 1870s.

Donegal: the Northern Part of the Republic

We planned this trip with Brian and Heather so we could spend time at his childhood home in Donegal.  We rented a card, adapted to driving on the opposite side, and headed north.

Our first evening we hiked along the beautiful coast line next to his house.