Blarney Castle and Rock of Cashel

Wonderful day. As we were leaving the B&B we met 3 girls leaving. They were from Ohio and on holiday to Ireland. We told them we were from Michigan. They have had a couple bad scrapes along the side of their rental car. We have been lucky. Sometimes we are so close to the brush that our left mirror (passenger side) gets pushed in. We look for scrapes every day but have been lucky so far. We started out today, Monday, at Blarney Castle. Amazing. We climbed super narrow stairs and door openings. Rick had to duck his head many times, but, so did I at times. We made it to the top of the castle and we all leaned back to kiss the Blarney Stone. Why go if you don't. The grounds are beautiful. Then we went to Cashel, by Tipperary, and saw the rock of Cashel. We went on a 50 minute tour which was wonderful, but very, very, cold and very, very, windy. Then we shopped in an Irish woolen store and ate in a pub for late lunch, about 3:30pm. The weather is very overcast but did not rain. Now we are at Waterford Castle Hotel. We have an old suite in the castle with 2 sitting areas and bathroom. We are pretty content. The castle in around 1600's with these beautiful gothic wavy, multi-pain windows. Wonderful feeling sheets and duvet on the bed. Not sure I mentioned this, but I think it is worth repeating, the bedding over here is wonderful. You usually have your choice of down,feather,polyester pillows. The sheets feel wonderful. The are like the percale, soft but crisp, all ironed. The duvet's are the same. It has been in all our hotels, B&B's, and castles. Nice way to end the day.

Rock of Cashel

Fireplace at Blarney Castle. There used to be a floor under the fireplace

All of us taking turns kissing the Blarney Stone