An Excerpt from Amidst the Stones of Celtic Ireland
Enjoy an excerpt from Amidst the Stones of Celtic Ireland. Jeanne Crane’s love of Ireland is infectious, her extensive travel experience informative and the characters she has created are endearing and authentic.
Chapter One
You don’t look very happy, Abby. Not for a woman who has finally made it to Ireland, who sits over an Irish breakfast with her handsom American chauffeur, in a postcard-perfect town, with four glorious weeks ahead of her.” Mark has a teasing tone but a look of concern in his eye as he says all this.
“Listen to you, and you haven’t even kissed the Blarney Stone!” I reply with a chuckle. “Actually, I was thinking abou thte Kenmare Stone Circle we visited yesterday. I have been so looking forward to seeing these stone circles And, well, yesterday’s visit was somehow disappointing.”
“Good grief, a thrid of our trip is planned around these stone circles. Are you saying you aren’t into them?” I hear a bit of alarm in his voice as he tries to keep his question light.
“No, I’m still interested, just somehow yesterday wasn’t what I expected,” I say as my voice trails off into further reflection.
We are sitting in a charming little café in Kenmare, County Kerry on our first day of our first trip together. The relationship is new. We met in October, started dating after Christmas and then started planning this trip around Valentine’s Day. Here it is May and we are still feeling out what it is like to be togther. I decide to try to reassure him that I am not a moody, difficult to please traveler. So, I add, “I really love it here. Already. I can tell I am going to like ht people and the pace of things. And event though I was getting too tired to hold my head up after such a long day’s travel, I loved the pub last night and the music. And everyone was so welcoming".”