The Rhu Glenn Country Club Hotel
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Be 'prepared.'
... make it back) weeks in advance and pull it off brilliantly ;-). The annual leaving session, was, taken up a notch this year. A round of Pub Golf was played in quite spectacular style. It not only resulted in a group of drunken fools falling around the town in golf gear waving clubs and hitting balls in bars, we had one near death experience when one tried to steal a statue, a relocated item had to be returned, a brawl in the busiest bar ...
Vietnam Visa
... in my ‘filing cabinet.’ However, if I am honest I probably took it out the box, played with it, figured I couldn’t make it do anything else then what it was supposed to do and put it away. Anyway with no money transfer option available resulted in me cancelling my PayPal account and trying to scrounge access to someone elses :-).
So maybe I do not have the best outlook on bills and paperwork. I know I should go through it all. ...
Sometimes you have to break the rules to have fun
... the ruins I mentioned above).
One of the highlights of the day was our visit to the pub at Kyteler's Inn, which has been in operation for more than 650 years--there's a pretty interesting story behind it too, worth a short read. We had supper and enjoyed some local musicians as well as conversation with a local woman and her daughter. The woman's grandson was a little older than Oliver. He definitely made a few ...
On the road
... or silly side. I kept him happy for quite a while in the car today just by pretending that my finger was a bee landing on him (buzz buzz buzz... He's on your nose!)
So far traveling with a baby is definitely less relaxing and less predictable, but it is also lots of fun. Alex and I aren't really interested in all-inclusive resorts or tours where everything is taken care of for you. When we travel, we want adventure. It's kind of like having a child, really. ...
Castles, Abbeys, and two more curbs
Wow! We're we tired. We fell asleep at 7:30 last night and woke up at 11:15 this morning. So much for my plan to get up early and see Kilkenny. We didn't get out of our room until about noon, which put us back about three hours, but, admittedly, I do feel rested. We walked down to the Kilkenny Castle, which used to protect the area from invaders, cattle rustlers, and common thieves. The castle has an enormous park that unrolls along a sleepy river. The grounds ...