November 15, 2009

Blarney

Just about a 20 minute bus ride outside of Cork is Blarney. There, we visited Blarney Castle and of course, we had to kiss the Blarney Stone. It remains to be seen whether we will be able to speak more eloquently in the future, but it was worth a try!

Blarney Castle:




The stairs leading to the top the castle where the Blarney Stone is - very steep (practically a ladder) and slippery:


This guy keeps you from falling through the hole while you lean back to kiss the Blarney stone - it's a long way down from there! Jesse said: "Give the guy a hug for preserving your life!":


The area surrounding the castle:

4 comments:

  1. LayneNovember 27, 2009 6:31 PM

    lol, that's a better hug than you've ever given me!

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  2. LesleyNovember 28, 2009 6:17 AM

    Yeah, no fair. As you once told Zach, "We're not really a hugging family." (:

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  3. LaurenNovember 28, 2009 2:24 PM

    Believe me, I tried to maintain my distance but that guy was having none of it!

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  4. LisaNovember 29, 2009 8:14 PM

    I was already going to make the "wow, and you didn't even hug me when I moved away," comment, but I see your sisters beat me too it! :-) Hee hee.

    I made "fish and chips" here at home the other day. Really it was just beer batter Gorton's fish filets and sweet potato fries, but they were tasty -- especially since I bought a bottle of malt vinegar to douse them in!

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