The Old Schoolhouse Bunratty
Hurlers Cross Bunratty, County Clare, Ireland
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Friday afternoon there was a wedding at the Killarney Avenue Hotel where we were staying. There were lovely flowers and candles in the lobby and white ribbon bows tied on the stair rails and potted trees outside the hotel. Apparently the wedding festivities really got going in the hotel pub late last evening. Although Janice and I did not join in--we were respectfully tucked in for the night. This morning we got to see ...
Rag Week and Convention Madness
... water. The poor dog was determined. People gathered to watch, it was that entertaining. When he finally grabbed the ball (cheers and claps!), he wanted to play fetch. I was half tempted to throw the ball back into the water but I resisted. We finished our tour with “The Best Pizza in the World,” or so my friend said. I bought the Lucifero pizza, thinking I was going to get a spicy treat and forgetting that the Irish don’t do spicy. ...
Stats You Could Never Live Without
... Geography of Bliss, which is a journalist’s experiences as he searches for the happiest country in the world. I don’t know exactly how you measure happiness in physical numbers, and neither does he, but his quest to discover how is one of the motivations behind his book. I looked up a happiness list, finding Venezuela at the top with a 55% happiness rate, *****ia at number two with 45%, Ireland and Iceland at number three with 42%, ...
Last day in Ireland: Bunratty and the vortex
... And the good thing is that we are 5 mins away from the airport. Ironically enough, with the windows open, I continue to hear this familiar buzz going around – like a small plane meets a dragonfly. And wouldn’t you know it – there outside my window is a small R/C plane flying around in the open skies. What a perfect way to end the day – I just wish I could be next to the pilot and have a few minutes on the ...
Happy Birthday to me!
Today we kind of hung around the cottage for the morning - it was POURING! Pat and Kara got up early to see the cows get marched down the street to the pasture, and then went back to bed. We did some laundry, but mostly just read up on what we wanted to do for the rest of the week.
After lunch we headed out to Shannon to go to the Bunratty Castle. Our thought was that we would walk through ...

