O'Shea's Hotel Tramore

... surprising considering the Irish love of spuds. Why exclude them from breakfast?

After fortifications are complete we head for the coast. Our drive takes us past Limerick and over the Shannon River, Ireland's longest river. A while latter we arrive at the beach, Spanish Point. As it was already late in the day we waste no time gearing up and hitting the waves. I'm completely decked out in loaner gear, but I'm using the same kayak I have at home, so it feels ...

... again" I said as I peeled back the foil to reveal a slimy chicken breast swimming in a pungent mustard cream sauce.

"They sure have" was his enthusiastic response, through a mouth half full.

That was odd. His response meant one of two things:
A) his sarcasm was so advanced that even I was unable to detect it.
B) he was actually enjoying this pathetic excuse for food.
He ...

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Octobe r 20, 2009 Entry

I know the title for this city is Waterford: More than just Crystal, but while I have a few more minutes of internet time, I figured I should give a nod to the crystal that has made the area famous.

We knew before coming here that the tour of the facility (where you get to see them blowing glass, carving the crystal, etc.) was no longer being provided. Turns out Waterford Crystal is facing some major ...

... she was invaluable to us.. but sometimes she did seem to falter just when we needed her the most!! Right in the middle of town! lol.

We stopped off in Kilkenny, oh and can I mention when you ask the GPS to take you to a place it will take you right to its centre.. Kilkenny was my first taste of a small street Irish city, with buses and lorries etc.. oh no... The other thing I did notice about driving in Ireland, don't expect to see too much of the ...

... room, poured wine and scotch and settled down to watch the ferry crossing.
The next morning we had a wonderful breakfast and a long walk on the soft sandy beach. We walked until we found the fairy rock, (Phil told us a story about the rock so we had to walk there). Jim collected rocks all along the way. I collected pebbles. The wind felt so cold when we turned back to the house. My ears were throbbing ...

salut tout le monde notre voyage continue .c'est vraiment beau les paysages sont magnifique et la temperatureaussi.il fait soleil depuis notre arrive. ont est maintenant rendu a cork dans le sud ouest de l'irlande.on est dans une tres belle auberge situer devant un grand parc ...

salut la gang
on est samedi matin le 12 sept depuis notre arrive il fait super beau au allentour de 22 degres et le soleil est la en plus ,on en profite au maximun on a visite dublin a pied la premiere journee et un tour guide le lendemain en autobus on a visite aussi l'usine guinness et un veille prison c'est vraiment interessant la on est rendu en campangne depuis hier soir le vilage s'apelle tramore c'est un petit ...

... crystal factory has gone out of business - bought by Bank of America which is going to send manufacturing to someplace like Texas for sure...sad, but we'll see what's left tomorrow.

Then back to Dublin...Guinness Factory Tour and then sadly back to the US.

Now for Sister Carolyn - Darnit Katie has all the fun! I ate dinner with a window salesperson from Wisconsin. Turns out he sells Kolbe and Kolbe windows. Which we have in our house. I hate them ...

... here who are planning to travel to the states, "Never eat a prewrapped sandwhich from a convenient store!!!" I couldn't stress anything more because the ones they have here are delicious. 

Now we are back in Tramore. Today we went to the sea and went cliff diving. Then we sunbathed on a grassy cliff sixty feet above the water. There were cows grazing in the background. Now I have heat stroke and it is giving me time to get on the blog.

... the menu, well, it just seemed that Ireland really hadn’t had much time to get ready for me either.



But me and my travel companions, my sister Amber and our eighty year old grandmother, had made it and we were all very much looking forward to two unplanned weeks taking Ireland however we found it. Now I know what you might be thinking – it’s a slightly unconventional little ...