Days Kilkenny

... disagree, and without a word of rebuttal, she's off to the corner store to pick up some pudding.

Lonely Planet describes black and white pudding as being 'like meatloaf, but sausage shaped, cut into discs and fried'. Like many LP descriptions, it is woefully inadequate, for a food that is as integral to Irish cuisine as potatoes and Guinness. Black and white sausage is two sausages, often sold as a pair. The white pudding is mainly made up of pork meat and oats ...

... British mind you, so I'm inclined to think option B was more likely.

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.

The philosophy "if you set your ...

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 ...

today i went on a day trip with the international office at uni. we went to glendalough, a 6th century monastic settlement about an hour south of the uni campus. as soon as we got there i realised i'd forgotten my camera, i remembered the spare battery and memory card just not the actual camera! so some of the photos are off my phone and the others are ...

... around the town, taking in the historical cathedral, Reginals tower (viking built), peoples park and the old city wall. Then we headed off across to Kilanery. We stopped off at the Waterfor Crystal visitors centre.. just some lovely crystal here, famous for their sporting trophies, ie Wimbleton and golf and also the Ashes!

We drove thought some lovely country side and towns such as Currich-on-Suir and stopped at Cahir to have a look at their castle ...

... looks much more impressive from the air because of its concentric grassy rings. From atop the hill one can see for miles! It was here that St. Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Trinity to the druid king Laoghaire. Tara was also the home of the high kings, and on it is the sacred Lia Fail or "Stone of Destiny". It is said that when the rightful king of Tara placed his hands on the stone, the stone would roar. We tramped about the fields, climbed the hills, and took a few ...

After finishing the Ring of Dingle we pointed the GPS to Killarney. On the way we were in need of a rest, bathroom and a pint. So we stopped at a very interesting place, Inch Beach. Ironically the beach is a 3 miles long crescent of sand. Must be the old Irish sense of humor in play.
The beach reminded me a little of Wildwood, without the boardwalk. There was a lot of sand to traverse before reaching the water's edge.
It was ...

... defintely has a kick. They are not stingy with the whiskey. It was pretty good. After eating we heading for a pub that Mikey had told us had good music and met up with a girl staying in our hostel that is from the french part of Canada. The musicans there were really good and after staying there a while we headed for another pub that we were also told was playing good music where we ran into Mikey. Of course when we got there the musicans were almost done with their session so ...

... streets paved with old cobblestone were lined with the olden fronts of modern shops and hip pubs. The refined buildings of earlier times were still standing looking as young and vibrant as they had in their prime, with their thick dark window frames and heavy doorways. There was an underlying mature elegance to her look, and she carried it with great satisfaction. Kilkenny was still young at heart. With our ...

... having a good retirement strategy. 5. young people are forced to pay 4% of their incomes into super if they want government support etc... houses are so expensive that new home buyers have barely no chance at all of owning their own home... $7000 first home grants as in Australia, from what I've heard, are non-existent here. 6. petrol is over $2.20 over a litre, compared to $1.30 in Australia. Goes to show that Aussies do have a much better deal on the whole. And ...