A Visit to Eire

Corkholio

Hi everyone, we're posting from Cork. We're here to do some shopping, that is if we don't get swept away by the rain. There really are multiple types of rain here in Ireland. Today is a combination of sheeting and pouring.

We've had our car for a couple of days now. It's this cute Ford Fiesta that looks nothing like a N. American Ford Fiesta. It smells all nice and new and has like 2500 km on it or something. The roads here are a bit scary. Basically, the national motorways are the equivalent of West Saanich Road/Grandview Bench road (for those of you who know either of those roads). Narrow, winding but with a speed limit of 80 km/hr. Dirt tracks have posted speed limits of 80 km/hr but Morgan's getting to be an old pro and the roundabouts are no big deal now.

We spent the night in Rathdrum, about an hour south of Dublin the night before last. Then we headed to Kilkenny to see the Dunmore caves and then stopped in Kells to see this old priory. It was fabulous and we'd post pictures except that the camera is in the car while we swim around Cork.

Yesterday's fun also took us to Waterford to see the crystal. It was very shiny and pretty and expensive.

Today we have managed to get to Cork and we're planning on heading to Kinsale next, maybe for the night. Tomorrow night we're in Kenmare and the beginning of the Ring of Kerry.

There really are old men here wearing newsboy hats (or whatever they're called), argyle sweater vests and carrying canes while smoking pipes. As we get further south-west, some of the accents are harder to understand but we're doing ok.

K, I'm off and Morgan wants to make his own post - the good news is we are still getting along swimmingly :) That's really just for Treava who said this would be a test of sorts.

Hopefully we'll be able to post some pics soon!

Michelle

posted by Michelle @ 11:04 AM