Yesterday Colleen and I went to Blarney, which was so much fun. We took the bus to Cork (4 hours!!) and then a smaller one to Blarney, which is a little town just outside the city. First we walked around the castle grounds, which were gorgeous. I kind of felt like I was walking through the set of Fern Gully (anyone remember it?). We then went up to the castle in search of the stone, which we were determined to kiss in spite of the millions of germs infecting it. The castle was cool, but pretty run down, and as we climbed up the slippery, narrow, winding staircase I was sure I was going to slip and die. I'm going to try to post a picture so that you appreciate what I went through to get to this stone. Anyway, we finally got to the top and made our way over to the stone, which is not easy to kiss. You have to lay down on your back, grip two poles, and lower yourself down about a foot or so to kiss the stone on the wall behind you. The man holding on to me did not seem adequately concerned, and I considered faking it and just kissing the wall behind me so that I wouldn't have to slide down so far, but I decided to actually go through with it. And I'm so glad I did! Yes, kissing the blarney stone is listed as one of the top ten tourist traps in Ireland, and yes, I will probably contract some horrible disease from all the germs on the stone. But still, it was pretty cool. Afterward, since we had a ton of time to kill before our bus came, Colleen and I went to a tea/cupcake shop. It was adorable, the cupcakes were delicious, and the chatty owner had a fantastic accent. All in all, it was a great day!
ps. Pictures are soon to come. It doesn't always let me upload them, but I will keep trying.
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