After a last, insanely HUGE, breakfast at Garnish House, we left Cork (and the loud Italian group at our guesthouse) and headed for the famous Blarney Castle en route to Killarney, County Kerry. On our walk to checkout we saw a guy pull his car to a stop in the middle of a main street in Cork and put on flashers... broken down? Lost? No, stopped in the middle of the street to light a cig. We made it with no trouble at all - Chuck is getting very good navigating here and driving on the left, though still having trouble shifting with the left hand. Blarney Castle and especially the grounds are very beautiful. The whole thing is of course touristy but we managed to tour it in the morning on a not busy day. The extremely narrow stairway up to the top freaked me out but Chuck liked it as it felt just like rock climbing! Views from the top are amazing and we took some great pictures. We managed to stay relatively dry ducking the intermittent rain showers in the castle and under trees.
Beautiful drive through the countryside to Killarney. Traffic backed up into Killarney as this weekend is an Irish Bank Holiday (three day weekend) and the car rally is in town. After checking in to the Fairview Killarney we headed across the street to Murphy's Pub for a drink. All the locals watching rugby on TV, which we do not understand. Everyone starts cheering, so I do the same. Felt like Julia Robert's character in Pretty Woman when she is at the polo match, clueless, but when the spectators cheer she pumps her fist and yells "rah, rah, rah".
Dinner at an Indian restuarant and off to rest. Killarney National Park tomorrow.
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