Kilmurry Lodge Hotel Limerick

i have a strange feeling that i will not be staying on top of this until i get home...i've been crazy busy with school and trying to maintain somewhat of a social life. well anyway, my mom will be here on Friday! i'm so excited, i just can't wait. my aunt and my cousin are coming too and we're going to have so much fun! well time to get more work done so that i'll be able to have fun while they're here! love you all and i'll be home a month from today!

... and got a great big "welcome home" from the guy who was working the kitchen/reception/doorman/guard, who we for sure woke up and got him to make us chicken salad sandwiches on the house, while we battled with each other on the floor (classy), and then battled with him about American versus Canadian accents, and Irish versus English versus Scottish accents. You cant tell the difference unless you are one of them or they are one of us. You just cant ...

so i haven't updated in a while and i have about 6 entries that i need to post, but i've been super busy with midterms! i miss everyone and this weekend i will hopefully be posting pictures and entries of everything that i did while i was in the UK. i just wanted to let everyone know that i'm ok and just trying to power through all this school work.

We got up early yesterday and drove down to Cork, stopping in Blarney on the way down. There Frank kissed the Blarney stone in Blarney Castle, ensuring him the "gift of gab"- we'll see!<br><br>We stopped in Cork and went to an art museum there and had lunch in the museum cafe. I must say we have been blessed with outstanding food on this trip.<br><br>From there we drove to Cobh, the port from which almost all of our ancestors emigrated from Ireland to the US, as ...

We have had a most relaxing day at the Adare resort. We took a walk around the grounds this morning, past the formal gardens, the 500 year old oak tree, past the ancient stones, and the pet cemetary!<br><br>We went into town for some shopping and lunch in a thatched cottage. We got back in time for massages at the spa and then had an appointment with the local garde (police) to ...

... I couldn't have been there. Today I might be going on a day trip to the Cliffs of Moher, but I'm still not sure yet. If I don't do that, then I might just go shopping in Limerick City with one of the other American girls. Hopefully today will just be a lazy day, I didn't get up till close to noon and I had breakfast and now I'm just sitting around, it's grand! Everyone at home, enjoy your weekend and I'll try to update on Sunday or Monday!

... hell I am talking about it is a stone-age-ish tomb. Not my area of speciality I'm afraid so can't tell you loads more about it except that it was amazing to see. They did excauvations there and found a lot of different burials which show it appears to have been used over a lot of different periods. Back at Limerick decided to have a wander before dinner. Tried to find the old milk market and viking wall but seemed to stumble into a slightly dodgey area so ...

... in Ireland. It is necessary to note now that a merry wake was only had on the occasion of a fully-aged adult who was 'no great loss' to the community. If a tragic or 'untimely' death were to occur, it was often blamed on the fairies, and the wake was a very solemn affair with intense keening for the dead. Keening is the act of lamenting or mourning the death of an individual in the Irish community. The tradition has roots as far back as Ireland's written history, and ...

... There was also a market going on but we didn't buy anything. We got back to the hotel and I about got slammed by the door. Very strong winds opened and closed the doors (more like slam) by itself! We called them "hurricane doors". Our rooms were ready when we got back and since there were 3 of us, we took turns having a single room to ourselves when we changed hotels. (We had gotten 2 rooms each night) We went to the ...