Clonmel Arms Hotel

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.

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.
'Do you have any pudding?' he inquires
'no' is the sheepish reply
'well it's not exactly breakfast without pudding now is it?'

Michelle can ...

... again" I said as I peeled back the foil to reveal a slimy chicken breast swimming in a pungent mustard cream sauce.

"They sure have" was his enthusiastic response, through a mouth half full.

That was odd. His response meant one of two things:
A) his sarcasm was so advanced that even I was unable to detect it.
B) he was actually enjoying this pathetic excuse for food.
He ...

We managed to sort out the car hire, however Avis was way out of town. We had to take the DART out west and walk about 7 minutes, again poor Amy lugged her backpack out that way!! We picked up our black Kia Rio we dubbed Seamus and headed to Waterford. I was a bit nervous hadn't driven for about 2 months and there were some very strange markings on the roads!!! Lucky they drive on the same side of the road as us!! lol

We also hired a GPS system.. dubbed ...

salut tout le monde notre voyage continue .c'est vraiment beau les paysages sont magnifique et la temperatureaussi.il fait soleil depuis notre arrive. ont est maintenant rendu a cork dans le sud ouest de l'irlande.on est dans une tres belle auberge situer devant un grand parc ...

... who ate liverworst for lunch I decided NOT to kiss the thing. I could not be considered a chicken so I bent over and let the dirty old man molest me to kiss the darn wall. He kept pushing me further down and telling me - Com'on get down there fer'ther...I started to laugh and pulled myself up and he was laughing and I said You are horrible! He laughed and said - that's what she said last night! Dirty old Irish man - he was great!

We're in Waterford tonight ...

... shower stall.

After an hour long nap, we drove to the town of Cashel to see the ruins of Hore Abbey, which lie in the shadow of the Rock of Cashel. We explored the ruins, took pictures, and marveled from a distance at the Rock which we had visited previously. It is truly one of the wonders of Ireland.

We drove back to Cahir and wandered around the pretty little town. By the time we were hungry, the pubs and restaurants were no longer serving. The helpful ...

... 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’t even given a thought to packing my bathers.

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 or ...

... a drink for HIS birthday tonight though- AWESOME! We played at Bunratty Castle and I wandered around with MacKenzie and we went all over. Kinda creepy... a lot of stairs and small creepy rooms. Bought a jersey today- HOT. Tonight wa fun, we weren't allowed to go out because Limerick is a "dodgy" place to be. Oh well... I wrote postards.

... National Heritage Park/5 Occupies 35 mostly wooded acres and has 16 archeological and historical reconstructions. Located in a clearing each settlement is indicative of the differing ages from 9,000 years ago to the Norman's arrival in the 12th Century. This is the number one attraction in the Southeast. An overview of the time periods/lifestyles is contained in a 12 minute audio-visual presentation, followed by a guided tour (groups) or a self-tour for ...

... by forest, with an uninterrupted view of the valley below. It was built on a hill, next to the river Suir. There was no forest nearby so 8 kms of landscaped woodland including imported trees was built around the cottage. Peasant's cottages were destroyed at the base of the hill so the illusion of solitary wilderness was kept. The surroundings and the thatched roof, open veranda and irregular plan were all to ...