The Sands Hotel Tramore

... My body braces for a cold shock as my naked feet enter the water, but I'm pleasantly surprised at how warm it is. Much warmer than Tofino for sure.

It was a perfect evening surf. Nice sets of 5 ft waves, were broken by smaller sets, making it easy to get out. A quilt of high cirrus clouds cast a beautiful light on the rolling emerald hills, broken by the occasional sand dune or crumbling cliff. Everything about the place felt soft, even the warm waves were soft.

... British mind you, so I'm inclined to think option B was more likely.

I chuckled to myself as I spotted a girl, about 7 or 8, sitting across from me. She was half-finished her dinner, and was inspecting the chocolate mousse with an expression that bordered between confused and disgusted. She took a couple curious bites, then pushed it away.

The philosophy "if you set your ...

... problems (I think they are restructuring, or at some stage in bankruptcy proceedings), and have basically shut everything down for now. However, the showroom is still open, so you can see all these various Waterford Crystal...things. Clocks, chandeliers (if you know Mel at all, you will know she liked seeing these), sculptures, etc. I really liked the copies of the trophies they have made for various sporting events (many for Tennis, Racing ...

... unless you stop because the hedges are huge!! lol

Kilkenny castle was cool.. I think both Amy and I were a bit castled out by this stage.. but it had a huge ground that it over looked, I just wanted to run the whole way down it. But instead I refrained myself and did a cartwheel instead!! The more I got into this trip the more and more I found myself sounding and acting like my father... oh there's a good shot I'll get a picture of that.. can't ...

... the wind whipping into them, so we didn't linger. We cleaned the sand from our feet and sauntered back down the lane to the house.
This was our most relaxing night and day of our trip. It makes me feel calm and serene when I think about it. Some day we'll go back and stay a few more days.
After our walk, we packed up and headed to the Dublin airport to return the car. The hustle & bustle began on the M50.

... c'est tres beau et relaxant . demain on vas faire un tour guide en autobus et apres on vas prendre l'auto pour aller se promener dans les campagnes. a bientot on vous donne d'autre nouvelle plus tard ps;ici c'est le temps des fraise pis y sont bonne en crisse . lylyet sophie

... de pecheur avec une belle plage on va en profiter et cette apres midi on va visiter un usine de cristal on as bien hate .pour la conduite on s'abitue mais on doit etre tres attentif heureusement lyly est bonne copilote et les distance a parcourir chaque jour sont courte.ce soir on va coucher dans un vieux chateau a 47km d'ici .
ps:on as tous pour etre bien de la guinness et du cafe tim hortons. a bientot. lyly et sophie xxx

... my new buddy Jerry (with a very bad hairpiece) is going to take care of them...you meet all kinds..

from katie - Jerry is the fourth youngest person on the Tour - next to Carolyn.

Carolyn back - Still having a great time. Enjoying everything Ireland is offering.

One last entry tomorrow....better get caught up on the saga...good thing..it hasn't been much of a saga at all..we've had fun!

Off to the Pub for a pint...

3 Sis'ters

The bags are packed, the cars are sold and we're sleeping on Damo's sofa for a few days before our epic journey into the unknown....well, not really, first stop - China, then South East Asia before working in Oz for a year, then New Zealand and, um, we might come home after that or we might not....... Had our leaving party in the Vic, missing you all already ;)

... party. One part of the group is obviously wanting to have some big nights out on the Guinness enjoying the local craic, before stumbling into the room in the early hours a little the worse for wear and generally causing a continual nuisance to the other, more refined part of the group. But it was something we had discussed in the months previously and Nanna promised to at least try to be on her best behaviour.