The George Boutique Hotel Limerick

... as to Canada, Argentina and Australia. 3 million left from the early 1800's to 1970. It is also the port from which the Titanic and the Lusitania sailed on theri last vogages.

We ended up in Kinsale, visited an amazing stone fort there (Charles Fort), had dinner and headed for "home". Our only real adventure was getting though Cork on our way home- we literally went in circles under the guidance of the GPS. And thank God we had it or we'd be there still!

... like maybe it was a woman)- he said no- burglary is a man's game here. Women do fraud and shoplifting, not burglary.

My favorite moment was walking out of the library with the policeman through the area where other guests were having afternoon tea. I wonder what they thought!

Wish I could have pulled my IPhone out to get a picture of Officer Buckley for you!

... in the traffic between the two penninsulas. It is a lesson in PR- one is called "The Ring of Kerry" and the other is "Dingle". Which do you think most people visit?

After three days of nonstop driving we are ready for a rest. So today we stay in Adare and explore this wonderful resort and the town. Maybe a nice massage...

... we were off on a quest to find a restaurant recommended by a man with one tooth- but oh well! We did finally find the restaurant, actually right around the corner from where we had lunch, and....it was closed. So we laughed and had dinner at the wonderful Indian restaurant next door, leaving with a full belly and a good story under our belt!

PS I have added a few pictures to previous entries.

Security came and found Frank's pants, his wallet and keys! Only the money was gone. That is a relief as we pictured a day spent dealing with these unpleasantries.

The resort has been nothing but kind. They have moved us into the Manor House. I believe this was an abbey originally. I will upload pictures. We had breakfast overlooking the formal gardens. We are off to Muckross House today.

I just wanted to write another entry real quick before I start getting ready for the international student dinner tonight. I found out that my SIM card doesn't work and that I need to get a new one. The woman in reception told me that I can go into the city center to go to the phone shop. She told me what bus I would need to take and how to get there ...

... any shopping for electrical goods / clothes etc as I was never sure how much I'd need for cab fares etc further on in the trip. I'll remember this next time and have taxi money set aside. Next lesson involves Mexico, I really need to perhaps take some more Spanish classes. The next place in Mexico I want to go to is either Tijuana or Mexico City and its very useful to have good Spanish. I guess you could say while I enjoyed my two days in ...

... Artichokes, Feta, Peppers, Baguettes, Hummus, Fudge...) Final house party..(.'Fancy Party'?)...saying goodbye to ...

... food (as you can see from the pics). We also went to a party at my friend Matthieu's house. He's French, and so there were a ton of other French people there, along with some Spaniards, a couple Germans, a Greek, a couple Americans, at least one Irish person, and maybe a few others. A good time was had by all, as we wished some of the French guys well on their departure back home.

... contemporary Irish culture. It may be isolated to UL or Limerick, or it may even extend to the rest of Europe, but there is definitely a lack of respect for self and environment from, at least, students of ages 18-24. I don't intend to stand on a soap-box and damn this behavior, but I want to point out that these observation indicate, to me, a trend worth observing in the next 20-30 years regarding ...