Berkley House Kilkenny

Well as it turns out, I chose a good week to visit Michelle and George, as they had already planned a weekend of surfing on the West Coast.<br><br>The day started off right, with a proper Irish breakfast. As Michelle puttered away with breakfast prep, George rolled in, busy getting his gear ready for the weekend.<br>'Do you have any pudding?' he inquires<br>'no' is the sheepish reply<br>'well it's not exactly breakfast without pudding now is it?'<br><br>Michelle can ...

... again" I said as I peeled back the foil to reveal a slimy chicken breast swimming in a pungent mustard cream sauce.<br><br>"They sure have" was his enthusiastic response, through a mouth half full.<br><br>That was odd. His response meant one of two things:<br>A) his sarcasm was so advanced that even I was unable to detect it.<br>B) he was actually enjoying this pathetic excuse for food.<br>He ...

It was really exciting to be able to spend my 20th birthday in Ireland. It started off with an interesting surprise on Monday night before my birthday. I was at Irish dance and they informed the instructor that it was my birthday. So of course I got a cake and sung to be everyone at Irish dance which by the way it is us Americans and then all ederly people. Then they sat me in the stool in the middle of the room and because of irish tradition ...

... It was run by a lovely Polish couple, again lovely comfortable beds.. I was becoming concerned at the size of some of the doona's ... very very thick.. luck though I don't think I would be here in the middle of winter!!!<br><br>We had dinner and drinks at Dooley's pub along the river bank, lovely place. Watched some of the locals do some Irish dancing and drank lots of alcohol.. lol hence the pictures.. <br><br>The next day we had a sleep in!! woo hoo and ...

... a rocky hill.<br><br>We arrived at Glendalough, St. Kevin&#8217;s monastic site, and decided to stop and tour a bit. We had been there five years ago, and it&#8217;s a very special and beautiful place. We walked through the monastic city after viewing a film at the visitor center. There are two lakes, upper and lower, and we drove up to the car park near the upper lake. There we found Poulanass Waterfall, and climbed up to get a good view. We walked to the ruin of the Reefert ...

... t marked very well either. The plaque is posted on the sides of buildings, but you can't hardly read them until you're driving past.<br><br>We arrived at the Abbey 5-10 minutes before the next tour time so we waited for the guide. We were the only ones on the tour as most of the ruins are out doors and there were not many tourists on the site. The guide gave us a lot of interesting information, then we walked around a bit on ...

WEXFORD TO WATERFORD We left early this morning and attempted to do a giant maze at Bridgetown. Believe it or not, we were too early!!! (fancy a Russell being early for anything!!!) Instead we leaned out the window and picked flowers (it was raining again). We got stuck in traffic jam ...

... went to argos, a giant catalog shop, and got what I refer to as a plastic dresser. It's plastic drawers that pull out of a plastic frame and it came with three other plastic storage boxes so I figured I was set. Me and Molly (now weighed down by plastic storage) then went back to her place and then onwards to mine where she set up the dresser (i'm incompetent) and we backed overnight bags and headed to Kristies. Kristie wanted to go out again but me and ...

... I had never before imagined Ireland as the place to go for a beach holiday, but at that moment all I wanted to do was wade through the water and explore the small cliffs further out towards a grassy headland. It was just a pity that I hadn&#8217;t even given a thought to packing my bathers. <br> <br>We got back in the car and headed inland to Waterford and got some lunch from a supermarket, then hunted around for some time for a picnic area, park ...

... stream. It is from this bridge that one first realizes the stunning nature of this place. This is one place where the cliche about a picture being worth a thousand words is true. So, instead of me babbling, look at the picture to the right for the view of Glendalough from this bridge.<br><br>If the monks that founded Glendalough weren't dedicated to a religious life, they would've made either great real estate agents or developers. The site they selected is ...