I hope this doesn't go through twice - I realized after I sent it the first time that I forget to set it at plain text! > > Hi Kerry > > If you're coming to Dingle, you'd be well advised to > do your own cooking, or at least prepare your own > breakfast and a picnic lunch, as meals in Dingle are > very expensive (a bowl of soup can run you about > E4.00; a main course starts about E10.00; and > sandwiches are around E6.00, although you do get > more on the side than you would in the States). > Also, if you enjoy coffee, a flask wouldn't go > amiss, as you pay per cup; but don't miss out on it, > either, as it is quite good in places. You can buy > a cup to go in the grocery stores, but it's E1.30 > for a small cup (and I mean small!), and E2.00 for a > large one. > When you figure that the exchange rate at the moment > is roughly $1.40 to the euro, that adds up fast. > Ashe's on Main Street has lovely salads (that's all > I've eaten there so far) and the service is > pleasant. The meal will run you around E15-20 each. > The Goat Street Cafe also has nice meals. It's > small, and I paid about E15.00 for a Thai chicken > curry and a cup of coffee (espresso size) yesterday. > But I thought it was worth it for one day. The > Dingle Bay Hotel is pretty good, too, and possibly a > little cheaper, but I don't find the service great. > Maybe that's because they can't figure out if I'm a > tourist or a local! There's also a new place called > The Garden that just opened a few weeks ago on Green > Street. I've only been in once so far, but the food > was good that day (I got a huge bowl of carrot and > ginger soup for E4.00. Sounds awful but it was > delicious) and an outrageous cherry pie (which you > don't get here much, and I miss) for another E4.00, > and a generous > cup of coffee for E2.00. It must still be good, > because the place is always packed, which is why I > haven't been in again. Self-service cottages this > year were running about E300 to E600 a week from > what I heard, depending on where they were. I don't > know what they'll be next year. > > Hope this helps. > > > Edel Codd, Tralee > In Kerry/Dingle Peninsula: ASHE-Camp & > Ballyknockane, & related; BROSNAN-Dingle Town, & > related; CAVANAUGH–Holyoke, MA area (related to > BROSNAN) > In Wexford: CODD, Woodlands & Carne, & related; > FARDY, Coolboy, Gusserane, & related; PRESCOTT – > Albany, NY