I took a flight on Ryan Air to Cork and back. I had a "full Irish breakfast" at the airport and liked it for the most part. The black and white puddings were kind of weird, but weren't too terrible. Wouldn't ask for them, but ate them. From Cork I took a bus to the city center and then another bus to blarney to visit the grounds of blarney castle.
Here I saw Blarney Castle! It wasn't as big as I thought it might be, but it is still a large castle all the same. Quite impressive I thought.
And here is the sight from the top of Blarney castle after I had climbed to the top and looked down. Pretty high up right? Blarney castle isn't very wide, its floor plan is not to big, but it is very tall. So once I climbed it I was really high.
Here I am kissing the blarney stone! Now I guess I have the gift of gab. We shall see. Leaning back to kiss it was interesting, but I expecting it to be more clear which stone was the blarney stone. I thought it would be a special color like green or something, but it was just a different shade of grey. Oh well, I guess it was slightly different and it was the one at the base, but I asked the guy just to be sure I was kissing the right stone. Didn't want to travel all that way and kiss the wrong stone!
These are pictures from around the ground of Blarney castle. It was really beautiful! I walked around and saw a lot of the grounds for much of the after noon. Then I took the bus back to the city center of Cork. I visited a few churches, etc, but didn't really find Cork all that interesting of a city. I spent a couple hours walking around to see the city and then took the bus back to the airport. While waiting for my flight I purchased a loaf of Irish brown soda bread and a block of aged Irish white cheddar cheese. Delicious! Then I flew home, and caught up on emails etc. before going to bed.
I took a flight on Ryan Air to Cork and back. I had a "full Irish breakfast" at the airport and liked it for the most part. The black and white puddings were kind of weird, but weren't too terrible. Wouldn't ask for them, but ate them. From Cork I took a bus to the city center and then another bus to blarney to visit the grounds of blarney castle. 
Here I saw Blarney Castle! It wasn't as big as I thought it might be, but it is still a large castle all the same. Quite impressive I thought.
And here is the sight from the top of Blarney castle after I had climbed to the top and looked down. Pretty high up right? Blarney castle isn't very wide, its floor plan is not to big, but it is very tall. So once I climbed it I was really high.
Here I am kissing the blarney stone! Now I guess I have the gift of gab. We shall see. Leaning back to kiss it was interesting, but I expecting it to be more clear which stone was the blarney stone. I thought it would be a special color like green or something, but it was just a different shade of grey. Oh well, I guess it was slightly different and it was the one at the base, but I asked the guy just to be sure I was kissing the right stone. Didn't want to travel all that way and kiss the wrong stone!
These are pictures from around the ground of Blarney castle. It was really beautiful! I walked around and saw a lot of the grounds for much of the after noon. Then I took the bus back to the city center of Cork. I visited a few churches, etc, but didn't really find Cork all that interesting of a city. I spent a couple hours walking around to see the city and then took the bus back to the airport. While waiting for my flight I purchased a loaf of Irish brown soda bread and a block of aged Irish white cheddar cheese. Delicious! Then I flew home, and caught up on emails etc. before going to bed.
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