Phil was a very good guide. He knew the history and stories of the places we visited and had recommendations for places to see, eat and listen to music. The drive through the Burren was beautiful. On a previous trip, I'd wondered what the walls the went to the top of hills were all about, now I know! We stopped in a town that had a market going on and bought a couple souvenirs. We've been to the Cliffs before, but wanted to see it from the water and this didn't disappoint. We had plenty of time to get lots of pictures and were blessed with picture perfect, sunny weather. Then on to Inisheer, where we saw the shipwreck and castle. We chose to take a horse and buggy ride to see things and that wasn't as good as we thought. The buggy crammed 6 of us on it. We were told that he would stop where we would need to get off an hike up to the castle, but he didn't and when we got back there wasn't time to hike back up. He also didn't stop as promised at the cemetery, but I did hike back for that and the views from there. We'd have been better off renting bicycles to see what we wanted to see. Lunch on the island was ok, but we didn't expect much. It was a Friday, and we were on a ferry, so when we stopped at Inishmaan, we picked up a load of kids that go to school there and home for the weekends. I later met a man who had been there to be schooled in the Irish language. The drive back was made interesting by Phil pointing out some of the towns and history of the area. Overall a great experience that I would recommend to all. Just don't do the horse and buggy on Inisheer.

We expected rain (which is often the case in Ireland), but the weather cooperated and it turned out to be a sunny day. The tour guide Phillip was wonderful and kept us well entertained throughout the day. The ferry ride around the Cliffs of Moher was wonderful, however sitting in the back lower outside level of the ferry resulted in us being exposed to a tremendous amount of diesel exhaust which deterred from the experience. That said, try to snag a spot up top and you should be fine! It was great to explore Inisheer where we enjoyed a wonderful seafood chowder in one of the pubs and then a Guinness in another pub. All in all it was a great day and we would both recommend the tour!