Cool Enya Connection!

Today was only a 62 km driving day. My body likes this much better. I visited Glenveagh National Park and Castle (woot! Another castle! Though this one only dates from 1870). There was a lovely 7 km "hike" up the valley, more of a walk with some moderate uphill, but gorgeous mountain views. Roundtrip was 14 km, then a little 2 km loop for a scenic outlook and I decided to return to the car park by foot as well, although I took a bus up as I wasn't sure how timing would work for everything, but really, it was quite perfect!! Overall I got in 20 km of walking through a fabulous Irish National Park AND a guided castle tour with some strolling around the gorgeous gardens. Later I got to explore a bit of Poison Glen, a beautiful, serene valley and even heard and saw a deer about 200 feet away. Very cool! But what is this about Enya, you are wondering :) well for dinner tonight I got to eat dinner in a restaurant that her dad owns and I got to chat with her brother for about 30 minutes. So friendly!! Did you know that Enya comes from a 9 child family?? And if you've ever heard of a group called Clannard, they are all her family members as well, siblings and uncles. I thought that was awesome! I used to love Enya in high school and still have her cd's and find her music beautiful and soothing. Hooray!