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Cork along the riverLee
Blarney Castle
Last night we had a little rock and roll, without the music. It rocked me to sleep, but Judi tried to help Cork, actually it was Cobh, pronounced Cobe. This is the port serving Cork and southern Ireland.
The weather was misty and cool. We had our breakfast in our room, so we could get to our buses on time. We loaded up and headed for Blarney Castle. It rained the whole time we were there. We were with friends and the 4 of us decided that going up those steep steps, lying on our backs with someone holding our feet and kissing the Blarney stone was not in our plans. We walked around the castle, over to Blarney house and then through some gardens. We headed back to the Woolen Mill to look at some goods and souvenirs.
Leaving Blarney Castle¸ we drove through the country side. The farms are beautiful and well maintained. The roads are narrow and they drive on the wrong side of the road. Sometimes when we met another bus or big truck, one of us had to stop and pull on to what shoulder there was and let the other vehicle pass.
We went to the village of Kinsale and had lunch. I had seafood chowder which was very good. However although they have a brewery in the town, they only had Bud and Heinekens beer.
After leaving there we went back to Cork to visit another Cathedral. We have seen about all of those we care for, for awhile.
Leaving the Cathedral we proceeded back the Crown. Judi went to have her nails done and I took a nice relaxing bath and got ready for dinner. We decided to eat in the Horizon buffet. Probably will not do that again. As the sun was setting we had the most beautiful sunset. We set on the deck, had some Bailey and coffee and just relaxed and enjoyed it.
We are on our way to Dublin and the Captain just announced that it may be another rock and roll night.
The weather was misty and cool. We had our breakfast in our room, so we could get to our buses on time. We loaded up and headed for Blarney Castle. It rained the whole time we were there. We were with friends and the 4 of us decided that going up those steep steps, lying on our backs with someone holding our feet and kissing the Blarney stone was not in our plans. We walked around the castle, over to Blarney house and then through some gardens. We headed back to the Woolen Mill to look at some goods and souvenirs.
Leaving Blarney Castle¸ we drove through the country side. The farms are beautiful and well maintained. The roads are narrow and they drive on the wrong side of the road. Sometimes when we met another bus or big truck, one of us had to stop and pull on to what shoulder there was and let the other vehicle pass.
We went to the village of Kinsale and had lunch. I had seafood chowder which was very good. However although they have a brewery in the town, they only had Bud and Heinekens beer.
After leaving there we went back to Cork to visit another Cathedral. We have seen about all of those we care for, for awhile.
Leaving the Cathedral we proceeded back the Crown. Judi went to have her nails done and I took a nice relaxing bath and got ready for dinner. We decided to eat in the Horizon buffet. Probably will not do that again. As the sun was setting we had the most beautiful sunset. We set on the deck, had some Bailey and coffee and just relaxed and enjoyed it.
We are on our way to Dublin and the Captain just announced that it may be another rock and roll night.
I saw that Hurricane Bill (now a tropical storm or less probably) had headed straight over to northern Island from Newfoundland. Has the captain said anything about that causing your rocking and rollings? Glad the internet finally came up so you could continue with your blog--I wondered why you weren't posting.
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