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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 ...
Kinsale & Galway
... wasn't working, and the toilet stopped flushing. Not good for a mixed 8 person dorm room. To top it off, since we are so close to the pubs and our room is streetside, the music, people, and birds were exceptionally loud. We did have some really nice roommates in which 2 were on holiday from Paris for the week a guy from Sydney who has been traveling since December and another guy who grew up in AZ and is living in ...
Ghosts, stories and a pint in Kinsale
... know what house to go to. She told us to go up the hill and turn right and you will see the front entrance. And there we were – in front of the most haunted castle in Ireland.
We knocked and an old man who looked like an ex-hippie answered. He was a bit odd and made Ginger nervous. But he was very nice and spoke to us all about the history of the grounds and Ireland in general. Ginger and I were very careful not ...
GLENVILLE (Cork)
... Cobh (Cove) was where the Titantic last docked. We went to The Church of Saint Anne in Cork where you can go up and ring the bells. We played Waltzing Matilda and Three Blind Mice. Heaps of fun, but it must drive the local residents crazy! We went to the butter museum and also the English Market. Finally, we went on the Jameson Whiskey Tour, which was very interesting and cool and had an Irish whiskey at the end. Triple distilled ...
Historical Kinsale
Our first exposure to bumper-to-bumper traffic was surely Kinsale. Perfect May weather brought throngs to this ancient harbour. Whether we were heading east or west we had to drive through the town not that we minded in the least, for it provided lots of opportunity to master the driving on the left in extremely heavy traffic.
You are in for a special treat taking in Ireland's ...


