This is the point in the trip when Marissa discovered the camera's panorama mode (Category: Travel)

This is the point in the trip when Marissa discovered the camera's panorama mode. We got into Dingle in the evening on Thursday, ate some mediocre yet expensive bar food, and found some fun live music to listen to. Every pub advertises "traditional Irish music at 9:30," but we found that usually means an Irish guitarist singing Bob Dylan covers. (The next weekend in Galway we walked by no less than 3 bars in which the live music featured "Wagon Wheel.") We found a three person group though who did a mix of American pop and traditional Irish tunes, and were excellent. Their tune sets were really tight with good rhythm, and they did a funny mash-up of Psycho Killer and Blister in the Sun. On Friday we went to the tourist information office, where the lady told us to visit the old lighthouse, which is a ~2 km walk along the water through the backs of people's pastures to an old square stone tower. It involved nice views of the bay. She also told us about opportunities to see trad music concerts--there was a world-class uilleann pipe player giving an afternoon and an evening concert, and there was another early evening concert at this place called the An Lab on the edge of town. We decided to find the An Lab, which turned out to be a small cultural center in a converted church at the back of an industrial park. We showed up and were clearly the only foreigners. The cultural center's mission included revival of the Irish language, so about three different lengthy introductions were conducted in Irish--we nodded and laughed. When the musicians started though the fiddler was very uncomfortable speaking in Irish so he switched to English and we got to understand the rest of the show. It was a CD release party, so they played through their album in order, including tracks with the fiddler's fiancĂ© step dancing for rhythm, and the fiancĂ©'s mother singing. Then we went back to the hostel and had Shabbat dinner. Because sundown was at frickin 10 P.M. Who knew Ireland is basically at the North Pole?    Co Kerry, Ireland -- 7/11/2014