Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Tramore, Co. Waterford and Blarney

Two weekends ago I got on a little getaway from the hustle and bustle of Dublin with the boyfriend and we went to the little town of Tramore. We found an awesome deal on Group On which got us a 3 course dinner, 2 night stay, and 2 breakfasts for only 110 euro. For what we received, it was well worth the money. With Tramore as our home-base, we were able to go to the Blarney Castle and check out the town of Waterford. The Blarney Castle was super fun. I got to go inside and see what living there would be like. The rooms were a lot smaller than I expected and the steps throughout the castle were SO STEEP. Luckily there were some ropes and rails or I would be going dowwwn. The castle though I think was the best structure I have seen thus far. I also kissed the Blarney stone so I will see if my speech becomes more eloquent.
Kissing the Blarney Stone!

Small little cave


Old Dog kennel 

















I also had a pretty crazy time at the bus station where we had a bit of a run in with a drunk person who was I guess getting into trouble with the bus station employees. I tried to keep away from him and go inside...but of course the boyfriend wanted to stay outside as to not miss our bus. To make matters more worrisome  the guy got onto MY bus. Again, luckily he got off before us so we did not have to handle him but it was still a scary situation.

In the morning we went  a lovely cliff walk before we headed back to Dublin.










Sunday, February 3, 2013

Killkenny!

So last weekend I went to Killkenny with my boyfriend and his friend which was awesome! We ended up seeing the Killkenny castle and exploring the town. Although we did not go inside the castle (due to to the fact that it was modernized a bit and we decided that it was not worth 6 euro). However we did walk along the grounds and walked to a church with some really cool grounds also. Although we did not pay to explore the church (again, too much money), we did look at the outside which was interesting. It had a huge tower (seen below) and a pretty neat archway. We also looked at the outside of some churches. After that we explored the town and looked in some antique shops. There we met the town loon, talked to some other locals, went out the best dinner EVER (I had Irish Toffee Pudding which was amazing :D). Overall, a successful trip!
Saint John the Evangelist 

The roads are so small...the perfect little town :)

Killkenny Castle 

Killkenny Castle from front!

Killkenny Castle 

Kilkenny Castle 

Killkeny Castle 

Church railing with scary spiky things

Arch towards the grounds of a church

Church 

Church with the cool tower



Church...the windows were  very neat

Another church...the doors looked very pretty!