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To our last stop - Co. Wicklow
We choose a variation for breakfast. John has smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, Marilynn has porridge (creamy oatmeal served with a swirl of Irish Mist!) As always, there is orange juice, toast and marmalade, dense, aromatic brown bread and tea or coffee. We check out of Hillgrove house and before leaving Co. Kilkenny, head north to Dunmore Cave. …
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Dublin to Rock of Cashel
I woke up at 7am, and Ann Marie got up at 7:30am ... 13 hours after getting into bed. We had a full Irish breakfast in the hotel. I love the idea of tomatoes and mushrooms as breakfast food. I refrained from any of the meat, but Ann Marie very much enjoyed the sausage. There were a bunch of very polite and cute boys in uniforms and striped socks also eating breakfast, I think they were about 10 years old. (However, Ann Marie has informed me that I ...
Waterford....Vedrafjord - 'windy city'
... the glass maker.
We toured the factory starting with the initial drawings and viewing the various tools and molds. We progressed through the tour by watching the various craftsmen working with the hot molten crystal, blowing the shape of the piece, checking for quality and flaws and finally watching more artisans etch each piece.
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Medieval Kilkenny
Today we headed out of Dublin to Kilkenny. Our drive was scenic--as Irish as you might imagine--green rolling hills, cows and calves, sheep and their lambs, and horses. Pastures are separated by short and tall hedgerows as they have apparently been for thousands of years.
Kilkenny is one of Ireland's most ...
Rolling with the Punches
... follows the Poulanass Waterfall, which you will remember from my previous photos of Glendalough! It then enters the Lugduff Valley, where we began a steep climb up more than 600 wooden steps to a viewing point that overlooks Upper Lake. A 1.2km boardwalk then hugged the cliff, before the trail cut down through the forest and back towards the lake.
While the stairs were a nice workout, the most ...


