Zuni Hotel Kilkenny

... 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.<br><br>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. <br><br>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.<br><br>The philosophy "if you set your ...

... man in the room has to come give you a birthday kiss on the cheek! It was so embarassing, but I have the interesting tale of being kissed my about 15-20 men old enough to be my grandfather. ha Anyways on my birthday I went to classes and David gave me a pretty gold chain because I had broken one my necklaces when I was over here. Then after class the girls helped me get ready and David took me out for a nice supper. It was good to eat ...

We managed to sort out the car hire, however Avis was way out of town. We had to take the DART out west and walk about 7 minutes, again poor Amy lugged her backpack out that way!! We picked up our black Kia Rio we dubbed Seamus and headed to Waterford. I was a bit nervous hadn't driven for about 2 months and there were some very strange markings on the roads!!! Lucky they drive on the same side of the road as us!! lol<br><br>We also hired a GPS system.. dubbed ...

... where many ancient chieftains are buried, then went over to the shore of the lake.<br><br>Autumn is slowly making its way into Ireland. The leaves are beginning to turn, some are falling, and the daylight hours are becoming shorter. The heather that just a week ago was bright is now fading into dullness. Still, the grass is green, and the country remains beautiful.<br><br>We left Glendalough via the Braveheart Drive which is also St. Kevin&#8217;s Way and traveled about an hour to ...

... After that we went to the Rock of Cashel. Guess what, another castle. This one was more impressive somewhat, as it looks as if it was a large chapel built on a big hill in a place called Cashel. They were in the middle of renovations so that took a bit away from the ambience, but form street level this place looked rather large. Our next stop took us to Carrick-on-suir and the ...

Kilkenny is under construction. This country has no street signs. We arrived during rush hour. Ouch. After driving around this dirty old town a good 7 times trying to figure out where the hell we were, we finally parked in a kinda sketchy area and walked ourselves to the TI (thanks to Elisa's on-foot navigation skills being better that our in-car ones). The lady working gave us directions to our B&amp;B, which after getting in ...

... reserve in the town where we could stretch our legs and eat, but found none. This was to be a recurring issue for us over the next two weeks, with such things seemingly not existing in the whole of the Republic of Ireland (though we found Northern Ireland was far better equipped). In desperation we ended up eating in the carpark of a Gaelic Athletic Association sports ground and, with only Waterford Crystal as the main attraction, which Nanna had ...

... guy and his German girlfriend, 2 Australian girls over from London, 2 older Aussie ladies and 2 Swedish girls (they were only on the trip the first couple days). The Aussie guy and his girlfriend were fun to hang out with. The two younger Aussie girls were too, but were low on money so didn't always go out with us. The two older Aussie ladies were a bit ...

I was actually looking forward to breakfast this morning. It was time again for another batch of homemade bread and fruit salad. I happily ate my meal while exchanging pleasantries with an American couple on vacation (I was seriously beginning to doubt that I was in a foreign country). After the meal, I went upstairs to pack. While the room (a triple with bathroom, a television, and a phone) was great and the breakfasts were superb, I'm not sure that it was ...