Captain's Log: Day 10 - Ring of Kerry

Today we had to pack up early and leave the beautiful and wonderful Bella Vista Hotel and made our way to Killarney. Unfortunately, today was our first day with bad weather -- the Irish mist was blowing and raining most of the day.

We decided to go a round-about route to get to Killarney by stopping at a replica 18th century village and by driving through the Ring of Kerry.

The village was very interesting because it allowed us to take a glimpse into what life was like for the Irish during the years of the famine.

After the village, we entered the Ring of Kerry and got to witness a real life working sheepdog demonstration. The dogs were amazing and could hear their master and his commands up to half a mile away. They were very accurate and efficient. It was a marvel to see.

We then drove through the rest of the Ring of Kerry at breakneck speed and saw some amazing, but wet, vistas.

Once we made it back to Killarney, we went to dinner at a traditional Irish pub. The food was amazing, the drink great, and the live entertainment from the Irish Weavers was simply spectacular.

The music had everyone in the pub clapping and cheering along with the songs but the best moment of the night was when one of the guys decided to play the Titanic theme song on the tin pipe. All of the sappy girls with our group decided to sing the song for the entire pub and it was amazing.