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Week 13
... Today mom and I woke up early and I got to show her around the English Market (which might have been her favorite part of the whole trip haha!) We took a bus tour down to the cute old fishermen’s town called Kinsale. After that we headed off to Blarney Castle where I got to kiss the Blarney stone and have received the gift of eloquent speech. Watching mom climb the winding steps of the castle learning that once we got there she was afraid ...
'Tis really windy out, like.
... gathered in the breakfast room to do buddy introductions. We've got several quilters, a bunch of golfers, two dentists, a few chemists and engineers, and one Sicilian. One of the guys -- Dave Gillespie, who's very funny -- just before he introduced his buddy pulled out of his pocket the strip of paper that goes across the toilet seat. It says, “Sanified for Your Protection.” I thought “sanified” sounded a bit strange when I took the strip off my ...
Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland
... It was very beautiful and very different than anything I've seen before. Most forts I have visited were all roped off and littered with don't do this and don't do that signs. This fort was so large and open, it was really fun to explore.
The weather during the day was very pleasant. It stayed around 58 degrees F, but it was very refreshing and I was never cold.
After the tour of the fort, we returned to the hotel ...
Day 3 & 4 - Co: COR
... a little rural road for a river/ruin photo stop. when i got out of the car i noticed a slight whooshing sound and a rather large hole in our tyre! there was a nice big stone stuck in it which i'm guessing we picked up in one of the many potholes caused by the snow and floods. luckily we'd pulled over on someones driveway, luckily that person was in their open garage and luckily he was a bit of a car enthusiest and had all the professional tools for a wheel replacement (since none of ...
Bent backwards in Cork!
... two months prior. Alsa, it used to be a 25 minute drive on the road to Galway for the quickest Big Mac.
As Denis wound through the countryside I did a bit of reading up on the history of the Blarney Stone. It was a bit of a let down to find out that the tradition is just over 100 years old and practically made up out of whole cloth. I wont bore you with the details but lets just ...


