Blogs from Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland, Europe - page 5

Wednesday 17.3.2010 day 154 St Patrick’s Day in Ireland We had heard that Dublin was the best place to be for St Patrick’s Day so we asked our resort and they told us it was more for young people and anyone over 21 would not have fun there. We asked where else to go and they told us getting in and out of anywhere would be a night mare and that they could get us a taxi to Kilkenny but we would not get one home they suggested the pub that is walking distance to the resort would be good and they have 3 bands playing and it would get started at about 9:30 pm so we decided to do that. So we finished reading the “the secret scriptures” by Sebstian Barry a fantastic read so ... read more

First of all, this is not the way I wanted this blog to come out. I wanted the pictures mixed in the text. Anyway, too long to fix. Next time... Some part of this blog will be in english for my english speaking friends ... et le reste va etre en francais pour ceux qui parlent les deux langues de toutes facons. Note : Ma famille et quelques collegues de travail vont visiter ce site. Il n'est donc pas necessaire de faire allusion a mon passe heroinomane-pedophile-mangeur de femmes. Some familly members and work colleagues will be visiting this site, so there's no need commenting about my Law degree at Harvard and my Engineering one at MIT performed in the same time, or my Peace Nobel Prize and any other similarities. So this is how it ... read more

After a good night’s sleep (especially considering our hotel was on top of a fire station) and full breakfast, we walked about two blocks to Thrifty Car Rental this morning to pick up our rental car. Out of paranoia (and after learning that one of our fellow guests at our B&B in Belfast had just been in an accident), we decided to add all of the optional coverage for our car, just in case. We’re driving a black Hyundai Accent and it came with an already cracked side view mirror, if that’s any indication of what happens when foreigners try to drive here. My turn to drive isn’t until tomorrow so I’ll let you know how it went then, but today we made it without any problems, so hopefully our luck will continue! Before leaving Dublin ... read more

After a week and a half in Carlow, we were all ready to get out of town and explore another part of the country. So Saturday morning, we got on the train to Kilkenny. Unsure of where to go when we got off the train, we started walking into what looked like the main part of town. We found the tourist office and got some maps, and then decided to go visit Kilkenny Castle. We got to the castle an hour before the next tour was starting, so we all bought our tickets, and then explored the castle grounds. We walked down a path along the river and played on a playground (ignoring the sign that said it was only for children), and then made our way back to the entrance of the castle for our ... read more

It occurred to me that I haven't really shown everyone enough of the beauty of Ireland. You can only show so many pictures of me drinking, so here ya go. There should be another set of these by tomorrow. I want to get all my blogs caught up before we depart for Europe in 4 days. All photos are credited to Tara. ... read more