Friday, June 1, 2007

A Day in Ennis, County Clare

What do you do on your last day in Ireland (other than work on your blog in an internet cafe to stay out of the all too-familiar rain!)?



Lunch on the student traveler's fare of pretzels, cheese, fruit and chocolate on the River Fergus...





One last chance to see Irish ruins...






The Franciscan Abbey... once a monastery and seminary, then an O'Brian stronghold, a court and Church of Ireland Cathedral...



Now a place to be steeped in 13th century Celtic architecture and sculpting...



The Resurrection


The Betrayal (note the slave Malchus on the ground, clutching his wounded ear).


The tower itself gives the Abbeys' history, from the Gothic arches to the 18th c. spikes.


A relaxing evening after coffee and lots of wandering,


...a final journaling and mapping session at the Gray Gables. (And an experiment in self-timed photos!)

It's hard to leave, but there's that little occasion of graduation I probably should attend!

So that's all folks!