Blogs from County Cork, Ireland, Europe
May 4th 2012
Bandon, majd Mizen Head. Hazafelé jártunk a Nyulak Szigetén, ami persze nem is volt sziget, csupán apály után lehetett egy bizonyos szigetre sétálni műanyag függőhídon.... read more
April 30th 2012
Hétfőn pihentünk. Séta a kis városban. Ahol ittuk a kávét, az egy kis fedett kereskedelmi központban található. A presszó s egyben gyors étkezde is. Mellette posta, pék és könyvtár is helyet kapott. A könyvtárban éppen felolvasást tartottak. Este focimeccs és sör. Így telt az idő.... read more
In what will probably be my last entry for a while
Published: April 17th 2012Europe » Ireland » County Cork » Cork
April 16th 2012
at least until I have the time to go somewhere cool or I get so stressed and exhausted that I decide to make time. My birthday is in a few weeks, and it happens to be the day before a major assignment is due, which is the day before a weekend. So I may celebrate by running off somewhere, maybe wandering around some moors and resisting the urge to yell quotes from "The Secret Garden" . We'll see. An amusing thing about living in a foreign English-speaking country (I can think of at least four, probably more, readers who can relate to this) is seeing how long it takes your accent to register with new people. Recently I went to an Occupational Health Clinic to speak to a nurse about the fact that I haven't had ... read more
April 10th 2012
A pint of Guinness at Kelly’s Bar in the Irish town of Cobh – life doesn’t get much better than this! Docking at Cobh at 4pm today felt like we’d somehow been catapulted to celebrity status, which is in stark contrast to yesterday when little more than a handful of people, including media crews, farewelled the Titanic Memorial Cruise from Southampton. An estimated 30,000 people and a brass band had waited more than six hours at the shipping terminal and terraced streets behind to greet us. The disappointment of having the first of our shore tours – Blarney Castle & Cork City – cancelled due to late arrivals at Southampton and strong head-winds enroute to Ireland was soon forgotten as we disembarked and met the people of Cobh. What an amazing turn-out! The Titanic disaster’s 100th ... read more
What a Greeting ... from Cobh, Ireland
Published: April 11th 2012Europe » Ireland » County Cork » Cobh
April 10th 2012
Our greeting into Cobh Ireland - a very pretty place. The people are so friendly. We would love to go back to Cobh and spend more time there and in Ireland itself - a very special country :)... read more
April 6th 2012
...does the word "haunted" mean "lucky", while "bold" is another term for "naughty." Some of you may remember my Irish coursemate from Bonfire Night and the trip to Durham. That is Yvonne, and she and her Grandmother were kind enough to let me stay with them for a few days in the beautiful Republic of Ireland. I have been to Ireland before, to Galway on the west coast. I was only there for two days (with a non-functioning camera for the majority of it), and the things I remember most were brightly colored houses and Guinness signs approximately every 30 feet. Check and check for those in Cork. Except that the Guiness signs we... read more
Possibly the most famous landmark in Ireland
Published: April 12th 2012Europe » Ireland » County Cork » BlarneyApril 6th 2012
When I was a kid, I read about Blarney Castle and its famous Blarney Stone in an "around the world" type book for children. All I really remembered was the phrase "full of Blarney" and a picture of a person being dangled by the ankles to kiss a stone on the side of a Castle. Even so, the prospect of visiting a place I had read about as a kid was very exciting. If nothing else, the town of Blarney is fully aware of the number of tourists, especially American tourists, that it gets. Everything is overpriced and signposted, the student discounts are tiny and in order to leave the castle grounds, you have to walk through a gift shop. They also have a professional photographer at the top of the castle so they can sell ... read more
