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

After attending class on Saturday, I left for the KC airport. Flights were fairly good. Delta did not provide individual TVs so we all had to look at the public TVs attached to the roof. I, of course, had the seat where the TV in front was too far and the one closest to me was above my head. I think I caught most of the movie, but I will have to watch it again to fill in some of the details of which I couldn't see. We landed in Dublin about an hour late because of head winds so our gate was not ready. We deplaned the entire 767 by a staircase and we were loaded on to buses. Not a big fan of that since I was one of the last people off of ... read more

Waterford.. So much pretty glass, why does glass have to be expensive and heavy and break?! For those that dont know, Waterford here in Ireland is home to Waterford Crystal, worldfamous for their glassware, they make all the sporting trophys that you see at the tennis and golf and the Ashes cup and their stuff is so beautiful hey, I spent so long in their gift shop wishing I could buy it all but finally deciding on a pair of champagne flutes and white wine glasses, presents to myself for my 21st.. And got them shipped home for free so cant complain about that! My hotel here in Waterford is right on the river and the view is fantastic, not much else really to report from Waterford, main reason for the visit was Waterford Crystal, am ... read more

so on the 18th went to bed at 7 then awake at 3am and looking for bus routes. so cool being on the bus, driving on the wrong side of the road in ireland. so today we are off to wexford for the day. must find a place for the night. then tomorrow waterford. the bus drove down the n11 then through wicklow, arklow, the streets in arklow are just as i imagened. then through gorey, camolin, ferns, enniscorthy and finally wexford. the 19th so in wexford loved it we will be back. met a couple that were from canada from bc young (21). went to a couple of pubs with our hostel group, jessica (american), rob (aussie), and the canadaians. the girls of the group left the boys behind where we proceded to buy a ... read more

Waterford: Got car from Airport in Dublin (Budget), and headed to Waterford to visit Waterford Crystal Factory before going to Cashel. Tour was great and not expensive, but the crystal sure was! Manoli bought a cute vase that she had engraved there. We also got a photo of us holding a cheap (just a few thousand bucks!) piece of crystal. I'd recommend this tour anyone.... read more