Cliffs of Moher

Today was my favorite day here, so far. After getting no sleep last night, we were being picked up for a tour of the Cliffs of Moher, at 9.20am. The tour cost 25E, and was worth every penny of it, and if you ever make it to Ireland, it is Barratt Tours, and it is a tour company that is run by Christine Barratt, and he husband, they are the only two people in the company, because they want you to feel that you are being taken care of. Christine was our guide, and she was awesome. The 25E included being picked up right out front of my house, and set off on the first of four destinations, an O'Brien stronghold.
We were told that there were two main families in this part of Ireland, and they fought often, and the O'Briens were stronger, and that is why their forts and castles were still standing. From the O'Brien stronghold, we went to a stone village, and in the most respectful way ever, it was terrible. It was 3.50E to get in, and we were there for 5 minutes, and it was like a pile of bricks, and a sign that said, "this was a house"...thats it. But other than that, everything else was amazing.
From there we went past the Galway bay, where there were tons and tons of photo-ops, but because of the narrow roads, and lack of parking, we couldn't stop. Where we eventually did stop, it was still beautiful, but there were other places I would have liked to stop as well, but beggars can't be choosers, right? We were able to climb the hills, and take pictures, it was awesome.
From there, we went to lunch, in a little village called Doolin, which is what you picture as traditional Ireland, so I loved it there. We had lunch at a traditional pub, and one weird thing about it was they had American dollars on the walls, signed, and they had a bunch of American license plates, not sure why.
Finally, we made our way to the Cliffs of Moher, on the way passing old churches, cemeteries, surfing spots, gypsy camps, and beaches.
I can not express how amazing the Cliffs were. It is hard to take in when you are there, let alone put into words. Pictures do it more justice than words, and even that fails in comparison to being there in person, sorry guys. We had an hour an a half, and just made it back to the bus, it was huge, and very scary walking on a cliff's edge, where it is about 10 stories down, and a certain death. There was a normal rain storm when we arrived, it lasted 5 minutes, and then left us with some cool things that happen after the rain leaves. The Cliff's are finalists in becoming one of the seven wonders of the world, and not that I have been to the others, but this has to make it, and if not, I want to get to all seven others. The tour started at 9.20, and I got back to my house at 19.30(7.30, just getting used to the military time).