Ashford Court Hotel
Travel Blogs from Ennis
Day Six – Puke City
... individual connectors. There were some machines running at 1600 parts per minute!!!!
Our next stop was Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. We started with a tour of the castle. There was a wooden castle built there before, but was replaced with this one in the early fifteenth century. It is the most complete keep in Ireland and has been restored inside with furnishings from the fifteenth and sixteenth century. It was used by the ...
Never an iron could hold, THIS wild colonial boy!
... in doing so at this location, I gave up a part of my soul to be looked after for 20 years before I can collect it again. What a shame, looks like I'll have to come back to Ireland after all. The water was... mildly chilly, to the point of loosing toes from the cold depending on how long you stood there.
After lunch we headed to a place called Adare, a stunning little town with a bunch of traditional Irish dwelling with thatched roofs. It was ...
Luggage Woes and Freedom!
... she and her husband squeeze their way into the next seat. Screaming babies. Three screaming babies. Then as we are taking off, said Irish couple strikes up a conversation with me and turned out to be pleasant people. They shook my hand at the baggage claim after helping me put my bags on the trolley, and wished me the best for my year abroad.
The University of Limerick offered an airport collection service. I signed up, ...
Rain and Heading Home
... raining. We could see the clouds coming over the mountain from behind. I turned back because I could not put my coat over my backpack which contained my netbook. I was afraid it would get too wet and not work. About halfway down the trail back to the Visitor Center it stopped raining and by the time I got back my raincoat was drying. But my jeans, boots and backpack were wet. I went into the center to a room used to give programs ...
Ireland as I see it
... wanted you to come
back so as to answer some of the questions you had.
A place where after months of being away, old friends immediately include you back in the
round of pints and all of a sudden you know so many of the tunes they're playin' when on
the other side of the island, you knew barely 3.
...