Blogs from County Cork, Ireland, Europe - page 38

Today 6 of us decided to go out and about around Cork County and visit a costal city called Cobh. It was a 30 minute train ride to the city and a game of cribbage was won by myself and Kali. It was a rather warm day, but the sun was unavailable for the entire trip. The city was a very cool, a bit small, but it had a lot of history of the harbor there. We immediately found the big atraction in Cobh which is the cathedral there. It was build about 100 years ago and has 49 bells in it! It was beautiful both inside and out. After we explored the small city and checked out a nice garden area where I ate my first lunch. We processed to actually eat in a small ... read more

Carson, Kyle, Mark, and I took a early bus today to a nearby coastal city, Kinsale. It was a great time, the best part about it all was the weather. There wasn't a cloud in the sky for most of the afternoon which made the scenery amazing. We first tried to rent bikes, but since it is winter here, they were closed until it warms up(40 degrees and we can't rent bikes?). We first stopped at the national church of Ireland, a small landmark in this touristy town. It was pretty and had many gravestones around it, but it wasn't anything special. We talked to some local about going to the most famous landmark: Fort Charles. We opted to walk and it was an excellent choice. It was a very hilly hour walk to the fort, ... read more

To be honest, it’s been so long since I updated that I don’t even know what to write (I bought a Journal though so this won’t happen anymore!)! So the Monday after we got back from Dublin, I had a little “date” at the cinema to see Role Models. It was pretty funny, but not as good as I expected. Tuesday we didn’t do anything since we were still recouping from Dublin. Wednesday night we went out with the intention of participating in “Band-a-oke” aka Karaoke in front of a LIVE band! However, we got there too late and had too large of a group for the bouncers to “let it slide” that we were under 21 (some of the pubs are 21 and over to keep out the college drunks). I basically told the bouncer ... read more

I am sooooooooo sick! Ugh. I say “as a stray dog” because there are so many roaming the streets of Ireland! Apparently Irish dog owners do not like neutering their pups? Therefore, lots of dogs with no homes :( They might put in a law soon that you MUST neuter your dog. I want to take all of them in cause it’s so sad! Anyway, I have whatever Irish virus is going around right now. I mean, it was inevitable considering I was out late, adjusting to the time difference, and being exposed to every single person in every one of my classes coughing? Yuck. But now I’m one of them. I couldn’t sleep Monday night because I was coughing waaay too much. It was awful but now I’m just super congested so when I eat ... read more

Our first time traveling to another place in Ireland was County Cork. It was the first time we got to see the countryside outside the city and the sheep! (my fave). We got into Cork late Thursday and just checked into our hostel and went to sleep. On Friday we went into Blarney which is a cute little town and checked out Blarney Castle. It is actually really tiny compared to other castles we have been to. The grounds were really pretty and they had a little nature walk with legends about witches. The pictures kind of explain, but there were some wishing steps that said if you walked up and down then with your eyes closed the witch would grant you a wish. She lived in a cave at the top of the hill which ... read more