More tales from the Emerald Isle

For those of you who were wondering, we've had some absolutely incredible weather the whole time we've been here. Not a drop of rain yet! The first 2 days were actually sunny (I didn't bring any sunglasses thinking I wouldn't need them) and the last 2 days have been cloudy but still clear. Another fun thing has been breakfast at the B&Bs. I never really slow down for breakfast in real life, but here we have a couple cups of tea and take at least an hour for breakfast.

This morning we headed out to Waterford to take a tour of the crystal factory only to find it was closed for "holiday". So we wandered around for a bit, realized we couldn't afford a thing in there and left. We headed to lunch and then did a little shopping before getting in the car again to head to Blarney. We took the scenic route (another thing I never do in real life) and discovered this adorable little fishing village called Ardmore. We saw this church and walked inside to hear Josh Groban playing overhead. Random.

Also, I personally feel we've managed the driving pretty well; it actually feels normal to drive on the left side of the road now. We've also come to know and love our dear GPS thingy, whom we affectionately call Melba June. She's lead us astray only a few times, and even stopped talking to us for awhile after we yelled at her, but we've since repaired that relationship and we're all doing fine now.

Tonight, despite being in the most Irish place we can think of (Blarney) we couldn't find any traditional Irish food (or music for that matter) and settled on Suko Thai for dinner. Not very Irish, but we settled for the fact that it was Irish Thai and ate our Cashew Chicken and Pad Thai in contentment.

Tomorrow, we're headed to Kinsale which we hear is a great spot for fish and chips and traditional Irish music. If Rick Steves has lead us astray again, our friendship will most certainly be on the rocks.

Happy New Year's everyone! We'll let you know what 2009 looks like since we'll see it first. :o)