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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 ...
Touring Around
... enjoy the small town.
We began at Charles Fort, which is a fort that was build to protect the Irish harbour from the Spanish and the French landing there. We walked down into town where the bus picked us up and drove us to Garretstown beach where unbelievably the students went swimming--willingly. Crazy. But of all the days, today was the perfect day to go. The weather was gorgeous; a sunny 19 degrees. I finally took ...
Ghosts, stories and a pint in Kinsale
... the Chapel room – which was the scariest with hay on floor and shadows that just moved on the walls for no reason! I will let the pictures tell the story. If you want to know more about this place and ask yourself why in the world would we go here – check out the links below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_Castl e
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY8PShzB Hqc
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Kinsale
again, i'm horrible at keeping up with this!!
ah, well lets backtrack
a few weeks ago, we went to Kinsale. it was absolutely BEAUTIFUL. the weather was great, nice and sunny.
when we got there, the tide was out and there was a boat kinda stranded on the dirt, but when we were leaving the tide was in and the boat was floating again! it was cool to see.
In Kinsale, we went to Charles fort. it was pretty cool, there are lots ...
Spring Break: Cork
... ankle was bothering her. The next day was Easter and while Celia was at church I wandered around the city some more. After she was done we headed over to the town of Blarney and Blarney Castle, home of (what else) the Blarney Stone! Now, we discovered after the fact that some people don't know the legend of the Blarney Stone. Allegedly, kissing the Blarney Stone is supposed to give you "the gift ...


