Suncrest Bed & Breakfast Waterford
Slieverue Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland
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Waterford....Vedrafjord - 'windy city'
After Kilkenny, we stopped at the House of Waterford Crystal factory for a fascinating tour. George and William Penrose set up the original factory in 1783. Timber from surrounding forests fueled the huge furnaces producing molten crystal: 20 tons of wood fired 9 tons of glass melt. In 1799 the Penroses sold the business to their clerk who worked closely with ...
Rolling with the Punches
... to have new shoes. Then, we popped over the the Shake Shop and tried a Jaffa Cake shake for scientific purposes. Are Jaffa Cakes just as tasty when blended with ice cream? Yes.
Anyway, we headed toward Glendalough, taking a beautiful scenic drive through Wicklow National Park. We took a different road than the bus Joy and I took a few weeks earlier, probably because it was a bit narrow for a bus. I ...
Week 9
... besides, he was such a stubborn old goat he would have only found it as an insult anyway.
Wednesday: Lab! We got to hook ourselves up to electrodes and record our ECG’s and other nerdy anatomy-like things that I’m sure will bore most of you to tears.
Thursday: It was 60 and sunny! I can’t believe this weather, it’s so nice I can’t possibly stay in and do work. Today I went on a lovely quest in the city in which I made a point to ...
Week 8
... music class we are discussing the difference between pop aka commercialized music vs. real musicians. Also, in my Irish history class we talked about how the phenomenon of food production post famine was one of the driving forces that actually brought Ireland out of the dark ages.
Wednesday: Met up with some more OT people for a quick chat. I went to the library to find some books and I discovered a lovely reading spot in one of the windowsills of the ...
It's So Beautiful!
... took us on a 150m climb up and around the Poulanass Waterfall. When we got back to the bottom, we walked around the shores of Upper Lake to take in the scenery, and then made our own way along some of the trails to see Reefert Church, an 11th century church and the burial place of the local chieftain's clan, the O'Tooles. We climbed up to St. Kevin's Cell, the foundations of a hut where St. Kevin lived in seclusion overlooking the Upper Lake.
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