Cliffs of Moher

It was about an hour and a half drive to the Cliffs through beautiful weather. We passed about 10 castles or castle-like-things on the way. The Cliffs were totally clear- no fog- and the crowds were not bad at all. We walked around looking at the waves crashing onto the rocks. This was Ella's day to do everything by herself. She didn't want to be held, she only wanted to walk. We climbed a million stairs and Ella learned to go up stairs one at a time. Slowly. VERY slowly. It probably took us an hour to get to O'Brien's tower, but once we did Ella was running in circles chasing birds. I held her up to see the ocean and she kept yelling, "Water! Water!" and when she saw the birds circling below she became really excited and yelled, "Deet deet! Deet deet!" (That's Ellanese for 'bird.') Ella walked the whole way down, only stopping a couple of times to dance in circles.