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Adare and Limerick
Friday afternoon there was a wedding at the Killarney Avenue Hotel where we were staying. There were lovely flowers and candles in the lobby and white ribbon bows tied on the stair rails and potted trees outside the hotel. Apparently the wedding festivities really got going in the hotel pub late last evening. Although Janice and I did not join in--we were respectfully tucked in for the night. This morning we got to see ...
Rag Week and Convention Madness
... base of my bed. I was assigned the bottom bunk, but this eejit (Irish slang for idiot) nabbed my spot. His junk was all over in such a way that I had no room to put my single little rucksack (backpack). He wasn’t there, thankfully, because otherwise he might have been able to hear the cursing going on in my brain. I went to sleep on the top bunk but woke up at about 2:00am from loud ruckus going on outside. Warning about Dublin hostels ...
Stats You Could Never Live Without
... a few here and there. It’s not like at home where you have that one professor (people at Cal State Fullerton can relate. Dr. Rodgers, anyone?). Here, people don’t walk around the halls laughing about the colorful words a professor said. Instead, they will laugh about the entire package of a professor that might perhaps be more colorful than others. Who’s grand idea was it to give our professor Niall a megaphone during our ...
Evening in a Medieval Castle
... down the road from Bunratty Castle. It was lovely with spacious yards in front and back. David needed to get a good nap so we could go to the medieval banquet at the castle.
We arrived an hour too early, so we walked through the folk park area even though shops were closed.
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Galway to Bunratty, County Clare
... but a couple of sips) and a violinist and Irish harpist were playing in the middle of the room. We listened to some music for a while and then the male servant informed us of what was the venue for the evening, keeping in character the whole time of course. We headed back down 2 flights to the banquet room which was very crowded and very dark. Long tables and benches were covered with stoneware, pottery, and wooden bowls. The only utensil for us to use was ...


