July 31 - Cobh (Cork) Ireland
As we sailed towards Cork, we passed through some fairly heavy rain around 5AM. Hopefully the weather will clear before our arrival at 9AM. Our tour today is with MunsterBus and we are sharing with Sandy & Ron from Southern California and Evelyn from Washington State.
…. By the time we were docking the weather had improved and our driver told us it should be a nice day - which in Ireland, apparently, is a rarity! He said sometimes they get the four seasons on the same day!
We took a brief Cork City Tour; Cork was the last port of the Titanic before it’s fateful Atlantic crossing! It is a city of about 400,000 and was bustling with city traffic on the Sunday of a long weekend!
We headed to Blarney Castle and climbed the steps to kiss the Blarney Stone! ( I took a pass on this, but intrepid Mary went on up and looked around the castle and some of the gardens)
From there we set out for Kinsale, a busy little town set on a pretty harbour across from Charles Fort.
We had lunch at Jim Edwards’ Pub, a popular local spot in town and then started back to the ship.
Despite the beautiful day, and the pastoral countryside, it was not one of our best tours! The driver was pleasant enough, but he didn’t offer much commentary; we had to keep asking questions to learn anything about Ireland’s culture, history and way of life.
Hopefully tomorrow we will have a wonderful experience in Holyhead, Wales!
Stay tuned!
The Travellers
Beautiful photos. So happy the weather was lovely - that is indeed a treat in Ireland. How did you like the food at your pub lunch? Tough to eat healthy in that country.
ReplyDeleteWe both had fish and chips! Delish! …and then a small dinner!!!
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