Hey VickiK!

[VickiK]

# of days: 7, sort of. I believe we all met on a Sat. afternoon for drinks, then went to dinner, then went to our B&B's. The following Friday night was our last dinner out together, then we had the last night at the B&B before we went our separate ways. It was typical to use several B&B's to accomodate our size group.


I went on the Clare/Burren tour. I picked that one because it included the Cliffs of Moher, it wasn't too hilly, and because music was a big part of that particular one. Next time I would like to do the Donegal one, or maybe the Ring of Kerry, which is supposed to be spectacular. Or venture into Scotland. Our Norwegian rider did that one, and it looks beautiful judging from the pictures he sent later on. Or the new and very exotic Croatian or Slovenian tours... One of the girls in our group did 2 tours back-to-back. She did the Connemara tour before Clare & The Burren tour. She said the Connemara was more challenging but she enjoyed both very much.

I don't know whether I can go on another cycling tour, but there sure are lots of fun ones! I piggybacked my own sightseeing days in Ireland before and after the cycle tour. That's one thing I can advise: if you can, schedule to arrive a few days before the tour starts in order to get over any jet lag. Coming from Califonia, it took me 3-4 days before I was back to sleeping normally.