Days Kilkenny

... My body braces for a cold shock as my naked feet enter the water, but I'm pleasantly surprised at how warm it is. Much warmer than Tofino for sure.<br><br>It was a perfect evening surf. Nice sets of 5 ft waves, were broken by smaller sets, making it easy to get out. A quilt of high cirrus clouds cast a beautiful light on the rolling emerald hills, broken by the occasional sand dune or crumbling cliff. Everything about the place felt soft, even the warm waves were soft.

... British mind you, so I'm inclined to think option B was more likely. <br><br>I chuckled to myself as I spotted a girl, about 7 or 8, sitting across from me. She was half-finished her dinner, and was inspecting the chocolate mousse with an expression that bordered between confused and disgusted. She took a couple curious bites, then pushed it away.<br><br>The philosophy "if you set your ...

... man in the room has to come give you a birthday kiss on the cheek! It was so embarassing, but I have the interesting tale of being kissed my about 15-20 men old enough to be my grandfather. ha Anyways on my birthday I went to classes and David gave me a pretty gold chain because I had broken one my necklaces when I was over here. Then after class the girls helped me get ready and David took me out for a nice supper. It was good to eat ...

... 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 ...

<br><br>With cloudy skies overhead, we ate our breakfast and said good-bye to Olive and the people from Missouri. We had to make a stop at the nearby Ford dealership because one of our headlights was out, and John had no tools with which to replace it. The service tech had it done quickly, and we were charged only for the bulb (around $19), and told to enjoy our holiday. With the days getting shorter, we really needed the headlight.<br><br>Our first stop today was the Hill of Tara ...

... town where we just walked around and then relaxed a little laying out in the sun eating our bread and cheese in a small park. By that time is was getting later so we walked around a little longer and then took the bus back to Cork. <br><br>We got back to Cork and decided to look for live music at the pubs. We walked the city for over an hour looking in the pubs. Michelle refused to go into some since they only had 2 or 3 old people reading the paper. Very sad. Finally we found ...

... by a private owner. Given the micro climate it sustains plants from all over the world, including Huon Pine and NZ ferns. The owner was eccentric and built an over the top Italianate garden, a temple, tower, clock tower and walled garden. It is out of this world! The boatman won my heart when he said 'I like your hat. I would like to have a girlfriend that wore a hat like that!' I detoured down to Mizen Head which ...

... many years. Maybe it is under new management? The bonus was that it is in the university area, a very safe and walkable neighbourhood, and is close to both of the records offices that we will be visiting tomorrow. We took a little walkabout in the light misty rain and decided to go for dinner. This is definitely the earliest that we've headed out to supper this trip. Our late suppers are a combination of the very filling Irish breakfasts, afternoon ...

... us to a pub called Langton&#8217;s for dinner and a few drinks. It wasn&#8217;t quite the style of Irish pub that I had imagined, it was all marble and brown couches in the modernist design I was more used to in the try-hard pretentious venues around my former work-place in Martin Place in the middle of Sydney. But it was an evening we all enjoyed immensely, the craic was grand and it was a total gas. T&#8217;anks a million Shauna for a wonderful time.

... the cries of "Isn't there anything else to see?" "Why, in fact there is.", I said. "According to the book, there is..." "Hey, what's that!?", my driver cried. He pointed to a huge ruined structure at the top of a hill. "Let's check it out!" After a quick u-turn and a drive up a narrow road, we arrived at the base of the Rock of Dunamase. <br><br>It's a short hike up the hill from the parking lot to the ruins themselves. There is a good trail leading up to ...