O'Donovan's Hotel Clonakilty

everyone went to blarney, well everyone except alex and i. so we got to explore cork and see the opera house, which we sketched from a cafe with a really weird waiter who insisted on seeing our sketches after we were done, because "he had a moleskine too, at home" okay. cool. then we ventured off around the city and found a church and sat ...

... and toured the Desmond Castle, which was a really small castle in town, really just the house of some nobles. This castle did have an old jail, though, that held immigrant prisoners, especially American merchant sailors who may have been labeled as pirates. We then walked up to Multrose Church in town, but it was not open.
We decided to drive to Cobh, a small fishing town about 30 minutes away ...

... of minutes because you had to provide the data for your car.
We had a 2 hour drive ahead of us to Blarney Castle and we were hoping the rain would stop- and that it did! The weather was clear by the time we got to Blarney Castle. There was a cute little town right outside the castle. We first went to the castle to "kiss the blarney stone". The castle wasn't really big, but it had some crazy, narrow, twisted stairs to the top. There was a little bit ...

... to jump off the high rocks into the water when they were little though, oh to be young again hahaha. When our arms tired out from the rock skipping, we climbed back up to the cliffs along the coast and walked along through some very squishy, bouncy grass that was like a mattress under our feet. We also braved some gorse and a few patches of nettles, but the scenery was worth the peril. We went out to dinner that night and later got a lift ...

... his new boyfriend, who was afraid of Smitty
Mini rioting in streets
-scattered fight, lost primarily by Chelsea supporters
-chanting for days, led by people on and in the fountain
-Hillbillies Chicken

Heineken Cup at John O's
Munster 16 - Toulouse 13
"birds"

We drove back to Cork hoping the sun would linger in the sky a bit longer, just until it was time to head back to the airport. Word on the street is that Irish weather is far worse than English weather, and the sun is a rare luxury the Irish don't get to enjoy often.   This, in turn, busts the common myth that bad weather equals miserable, cold, distant people, mainly because the Irish have a friendly, warm and inviting disposition ...

... monde comme on parle à un enfant. Le médecin était bien gentil. Il a examiné mon épaule et vérifié que mes poumons étaient corrects. Je ne sais pas pourquoi il a vérifié mes poumons comme ça lol, il a même pris la même de me dire de ne pas m'inquiéter, que mes poumons étaient en parfaite santé. En tout cas... Il m'a prescris des médicaments que je dois prendre 3 fois par jour pendant 5 jours (moi qui aime tant prendre des médicaments) et m'a dit de mettre mon bras à l ...

... Cartier, mais quand meme! Et vous savez ce qu'il y a a cote du centre d'achat? Un CINEMA! Alors qu'est-ce que j'ai fait aujourd'hui? J'ai ete voir Pirates! Yay! C'etait bon! Un peu (tres beaucoup enormement) quetaine par bout, mais bon... Genre le petit speach d'Elizabeth avant la bataille. En tout cas, c'est pas mal ca. Envoyez des courriels sur mon cell! bertheldeed@o2imail.ie Si je vous reponds pas, je m'en excuse! Sachez quand meme que je suis ultra heureuse quand je recois des e-mails de vous!

... anywhere until that's done. Still no flights booked.... DEFINITELY won't be going anywhere until that's done. We have 10 days to go before finishing work.... ROCKIN IT!!! Go on the Pepster Click here to view some old pics

... my hostel I trek last night and there are three quiet girls settling into bed. Then about two hours later, two very noisy girls come in. I have no clue what they were doing but I'm quite sure that they had packed absolutely everything they owned in crinkly plastic bags and that one of them was sick from the drink. After about an hour of that things calmed down and we got some sleep. This morning I ventured back onto the bus and come to Cork. I arrived a bit too early to ...