Longueville House Mallow

... are what one would imagine when thinking of Ireland. Kissing the Blarney Stone was a strange experience. As most of you know, you bend over backwards and kiss this stone. What I didn't know is that you are practically doing a back bend and could possibly fall down backwards. Luckily, there was a spotter there who was listening to a soccer game and took away from the ancient castle like feeling. <br><br>The previous two nights held a lot ...

... We met up in England to do some travelling together (maybe another blog), and kept busy until school started again in Setpember. Since then, all has been going well. Luna is working at the health food store in town (along with a few other cleaning jobs) and Dan is busy with the Student Council at our college and a few other projects around town. <br><br>Again, sorry for the lack of write ups, but heres a few to keep you going for a while. <br><br>Daniel &amp; Luna

... Rangers are a Protestant team and Celtic is Catholic, so it was like watching a quicker and slightly less violent version of Irish history. I felt bad because I had to do some school work while he was here so I couldn't be a great tour guide. I had a paper due Thursday and classes I was supposed to attend. Craig went along to several of my classes, and if he is to be believed, had a great time. On Thursday he took a quick trip to Armagh while I had class. I was ...

... to make it to the beach a few weeks back!!!! The water was WAYYYY cold, but if you're ever hungover and you need to function that day, take a dip in the water here- it will sober you right up! Here are some American slang to Irish slang translation: Awesome --&gt; "Grand!" What's up --&gt; "What's the crack?" / "How's the farm?" Dammit! --&gt; "Bollocks!" I got drunk off my ass --&gt; "I was langered!" Hey dudes --&gt; "Ay lads" more to come.....

... En fait, mon épaule gauche me faisait plus mal pendant une partie de la randonnée. J'ai des problèmes avec cette épaule... Mais bon, après un temps, ça ne me faisait plus mal du tout... Quand on est arrivé près de Inch, Mike - l'un des instructeurs - nous a fait arrêté. On s'est mis en ligne côte à côte et chacun tenait les bateaux à côté d'eux. Mike a expliqué le jeu. Quand il crie le nom de deux personnes, elles doivent changer de bateau. Celle qui arrive dans le ...

... de regarder. Ça me dit que j'ai reçu un e-mail de "Bun, Chesda" et me donne le choix entre "view" ou "ignore". I ignored him of course! (Haha, vous savez bien que, même s'il était 5h40, j'ai lu le message!) Bon, je crois qu'il est temps pour moi de voir si je peux mettre mon téléphone sur "silent mode" et avoir l'alarme quand même! Parce que oui, j'ADORE recevoir de vos nouvelles, mais p-e pas à 5am. Surtout après une journée de 11h de travail lol. Oh well! 16 juin 2007 ...

... amoureux (le dernier étant bien évidemment au SINGULIER). Je me disais aujourd'hui "Dis donc Dédé, pourquoi tu peux pas faire comme tout le monde, partir pendant 2 ou 3 semaines, t'amuser comme une folle et revenir ensuite? Ben non, faut que tu partes pendant 4 mois, que tu te trouves une job où tu travailles comme une folle et où c'est presque impossible de communiquer avec ceux qui te sont chers!" Vraiment, si c'était pas moi-même, je trouverais que cette personne-là a ...

needed to get out of the city and see some Irish countryside, so we hopped a bus four hours south to Cork, a small city of about 150,000. pretty cool, not much to speak of, particularly on a Sunday when nearly everything is closed, but the pace is considerably slower, and it is a welcomed change. Dublin was a very busy place, like a mini-London, people from a bunch of ...

... whose job it is to hold on to the dumb tourists was laughing so much because he takes a leak on the Blarney Stone whenever none of them are around. I know I&#8217;d be tempted to. Perhaps a career in mass-tourism just isn&#8217;t the career sea-change I&#8217;m best suited to. <br><br>To try and alleviate the weekend difficulties we&#8217;d had in finding a B&amp;B the night before, Michael and Thelma at Amberleigh House had onward-booked ...

(Originally published at http://www.troysgonewalkabout.com)<br>< br>First thing in the morning and we were back at Kilkenny Castle, but this time for a tour inside. The tour was of course packed with the usual interesting facts and figures of its rooms, furnishings, portraits and antiques rote-learned by the guide which you instantly forget, so they&#8217;re probably not really all that interesting at all. But, I really like castles, and this one was old ...