Pan Am Yankee Clipper Museum

We bid adieu to the wonderful and special Ballyfin staff and  headed out for a day of touring on the way to Killarney, with our driver Patrick and a pretty cool set of wheels.  Just a little fog this morning. 

Which quickly disappated once we left the valley.   

Blue skies!  An apparent rarity in Ireland. 

Our first stop this morning was Limerick.

And St. John's Castle.

And then to Adare.

Where we stopped to lunch.

Nice atmosphere...

...but terrible, and pretty much inedible food.

We walked up the street to the main part of town.  

OK, this looks more like it.

The Irish Stew was much better.

Our next stop was the highight of the day... the Aviation Musuem at Foynes, dedicated to the Pan Am Yankee Clipper and recogniton of Foynes' place in aviation history as the 1st aviation bridge between Europe and America for passenger service in the mid to late 1930s.  Today, it is home to one to the original Yankee Clipper.

And aviation's first FIrst Class suite.

On board dining room.

And the galley!

Upstairs on the flight deck.

With cool simulated view from the cockpit.

Thru Listowel, on our way to Killarney.