Day 9: Creeslough and Letterkenney

When we woke up at Paul and Annie's, the hot water bottle that had been placed in our bed the night before (by Annie) was still warm! That morning, we met Michael McFadden, Paul and Annie's son and father to Michelle and Yvonne pictured with Eleanor and Ian below. He is a cabinet maker who had done all of the woodwork in Paul and Annie's beautiful home. Annie and Sadie put together a breakfast of ham, sausage, fried egg, beans, half of a roasted tomato, and toast. It was delicious and very filling. Then off we went to Glennveagh (Glenn-vay), a beautiful national park with mountains, lakes, and a beautiful, well-preserved castle. Paul drove us, which was quite a wild ride! In the late afternoon, we went over to Samuel McFadden's house in Letterkenny for tea and a visit. He showed us around the house he built next door and we all went out to dinner at the Silver Tassie. Then back to his house to meet his daughter Theresa and granddaughter Hannah. Around 9, we headed back to Paul and Annie's to put the kids to bed. They were exhausted and so were we. But someone asked us whether we wanted to go dancing around 10:30- Kevin and I jokingly answered that we'd be up for it and next thing we knew, we were off to the Log Cabin Inn (which had pictures of John Wayne on the wall) to dance to an accordion/guitar combo and participate in a raffle for 280 euro. We were back at their house at 1:30am, when Paul and Annie had a little tea and crackers before bed. It was a long and exciting day!