Muckross House and Gardens Killarney

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dnu a to nemluvim jen o rodine, ale I horecce, co me doslova a dopismene dostala na kolena. No jo, prisla rada I na me. Viroza se mezi au pairkami siri stejne rychle (z toho jejich pocasi), jako
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This weekend was the long awaited Ring of Kerry trip and probably one of the things I was most looking forward to in Ireland. The trip was three days and an all inclusive tour organized by UCC and amazingly paid for by Quinnipiac! Me and 51 others left Friday at 2:00 and took a 2 hour bus ride to our first stop, Crag Cave. These caves are believed …

Week: 6

Monday: I took a mini adventure into the city by myself in search for post cards and whatnot. Yay me! This is also the stat of Raise and Give week at UCC. This is when the entire campus goes all out to raise money but having conserts, games, etc. to raise money for the less fortunate. Its also a time where everyone just parties for …

Today, we spent the morning walking around Kenmare and then headed down to the Killarney National Park to hike in the afternoon. We saw the Torc Waterfall and then did a hike to the Muckross House. We went a tour of the Muckross House that was extremely well done. The tour guide was very knowledgeable about the house. Most of the tour I imagined …

You could smell the lovely food cooking when we awoke at the Gabriel House BnB and Valerie was all over making sure we got everything we needed. Once we had filled our bellies with breakfast we packed up our bags and got on the road. We were headed straight for the Blarney Stone. Giv had been before but never kissed the actual stone and I was quite …

Today we slept in and then went up to Muckross House (just up the road).

The house itself was magnificent, truly, and the gardens were lovely. They had children's stairs, which we've not seen before - their tread is half the height of normal stairs.

Unfortunately it was all spoilt a bit by the jalopy driver - he was quite …

Left Waterford in the wee hours of the morning....well not really, but they do keep us on our toes on this tour. Arrived at Blarney Castle Park around 11. It's a beautiful, green, lush park leading to the castle. Janice explored the park and grounds which were in full bloom while I climbed the narrow spiral stairs of the castle to reach the Blarney …

SHE SAID:
WOW!!! wow wow wow what a FUNNNNNN day! Woke up and left Cork, headed straight to the Blarney Castle... stopped at a mc-yucks on the way and then arrived at the castle. 12 Euro to get in, thought that was a bit expensive and almost was gonna say nahhh buttttttt I've read so much about it that I wanted to go in.. WELLLLLLL... this was …

Today we headed to Killarney for a 2 night stay at the Lake Hotel. But first it is the usual routine of getting showered, dressed, packed, and breakfast; Liam still prefers Dad's homemade scrambled eggs. The plan was to get to Killarney, check in to the hotel and then spend the rest of the day checking out the local sights, and some things do go to …

... immediately check out some local sites within the Killarney National Park, a park adjacent to neighboring Killarney city.  A visit to Muckross House and Gardens led us to hike over and up to the Torc Waterfalls.  Beautiful landscapes ...

... Anyway, whatever, we’re not here for the breakfast. We headed to Killarney National Park to see the Ross Castle, Muckross House and Gardens and of course the views! Absolutely beautiful place and boy did we walk a few k’s today! We worked out ...

... we could see the mountain ranges, and far below us, the lakes of the Killarney National Forest. We wound our way to Muckross House and Gardens, the visitor center for the park. Much of the park is closed to automobiles, so you must explore on foot, ...

... of this part of Ireland). After we got back to our hotel, our bus picked us up for the drive to Muckross House and Gardens. (Here I bought a souvenir book - the gardens were so incredible.) The highlight was the rhodedendrum (spelling?) garden. I ...

... wknd, our B and B is full. Lovely town, great pub..(aren't they all?) and wandered a bit.. then went to Muckross house and gardens, a really beautiful mansion castle type. it was renovated 150 years ago by a family to prepare for queen victoria's ...

... the waterfalls and the house. We trotted through the park lands passed the ruins and graveyard of Muckross Abbey, Muckross House and gardens, through wooded areas that conjure up mystical visions of the Irish fairy folk, passed some tranquil scenes ...