Today we continued our journey along the Atlantic coast. Primarily on the Connemara peninsula. Again, the roads and scenery where stunningly beatuliful.
We started the day with an excellent breakfast at the Water Country House. This had been the best ackommodation so far on this trip. Check out https://www.thewaterscountryhouse.com if you are in this area.
The first stop of the day was the Connemara National Park. The parking was a bit chaotic. But the lunch was really good. We went for a walk up the mountain, approx 3 km along the blue track. It still offered some great scenery. The rain started to come down when we were heading back to the cars.
The next stop was a waterfall the popped up in the list of places supposedly worth a visit. It turned out not to be… Maybe it is more impressing after some heavy rainfall. But now it was rather disapointing.
The hotel for the night is located in Westport. When we arrived, our room was not ready (despite arriving an hour later than the stipulated check-in time). After a while we got another room. We asked about the menu for the restaurant, but it was not available. So, we went for a walk to the harbour. It was a rather depressing sight with rusty fishing vessels and an abandoned factory. We looked at a couple of restaurants but decided, foolishly, to go back to the hotel.
The hotel bar offered ”fish of the day” which sounded promising. It turned out to be the ”fridge of the day”! By far the worst dinner so far. So, avoid eating at Westport Woods Hotel & Spa!
Tomorrow we’ll continue north along the Atlantic coast.
Europe by car 
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