Day 64: Cork, Blarney, Kinsale & Killarney!

With a busy day ahead of me, I woke up just after 7am. First stop: Blarney Castle! Its set on quite a large property with different trails to walk around, as well as the Blarney House which is quite beautiful (only open on the inside in spring, unfortunately!)...but most importantly is the Blarney Castle where on the roof (which you get to after climbing 100 steep and narrow steps) is the Blarney Stone! I just HAD to kiss it (not sure how sanitary it is, though...swine flu anyone?!) but legend has it that if you do, you will be blessed with the gift of gab (something I thought would be useful if I ever wanted a job in radio again!) But its not that easy to reach...its on the bottom of a wall that you have to lie down on your back and tilt your head all the way behind you to kiss. Kinda awkward but luckily there is a guy helping you out!





I headed back to Cork around noontime- grabbed some lunch and checked out the Old English Market. Not that impressive compared to some of the other markets I've been to in Europe, but I did get a yummy donut/eclair thingie so worth going to! haha I then made my way back to the bus station and headed to Kinsale. Y'know how was so excited yesterday that stores were open on Sunday? Well I think I found the reason why- a lot of stuff is closed on Mondays instead! It was also raining and a lttle cold so that didn't help much either! After walking around for a bit I stopped by a coffee shop to warm up. I thought that a small town like Kinsale would be a little cheaper than Cork or Dublin (both have been super expensive!) but no such luck! I paid 3.30€ fo a cup of hot chocolate...in its defense it was massive and it was homemade, so it was ALMOST worth it! haha


With not much else to do I headed back to Cork. I'm off to Killarney this evening- figured I'd write my blog a little earlier today since I had a few hours to kill before my train! One more week til I'm home! Ahh!

Love, Dianna