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Thursday, July 29, 2010

Killarney, Kinsale, Cork!

We have had an awesome time so far in Ireland! We ended up staying with Gaetan and Stefanny here in Cork for a 3rd night. They are really nice and have done everything to show us around, eat with us, cook for us, even let us do laundry! The first day here in Cork, took a train to Killarney with Matt and Kathleen that we met on the train from the ferry. We walked about 15 miles in Killarney! There is a national park there with a huge lake, a big waterfall, and some castles. We ate at a pub again too! Kathleen left her phone at the train station and the people here are so nice, these two old Irish guys were going to Killarney and they said they would look for her phone and turn it in, the conductor of the train called the other station, they found it and sent it on the first train back to Cork the next morning. Everybody has helped us with directions, even walking with us (two different time) to show us where a certain street was. Geatan and Stef met us in the city and we ate dinner. The next morning, I FINALLY found a real camera store! I got an awesome tripod and ball head to replace the one that I wore out 2 weeks ago (whooo nice pictures to come)! Stef walked around with us in the morning and showed us the town, then just me and Hayley got a bus to Kinsale near where the Lusitania was sunk. We rented bikes there and had no idea that we would have to ride over 20 miles to see the huge coastal cliffs! We got our butts kicked by some crazy hills, cliffs, and wrong side the road driving! But, we got there and back by 6pm. We bought a bunch of cereal bars, pringles, and a whole big carton of orange juice to chug for our accomplishments when we rolled back into Kinsale. We checked out the craft shops and came back to Cork. They cooked dinner for us and we hung out for a while at their apartment. Tomorrow, we are heading out of here on a train to Galway to see the huge Cliffs of Moher (hopefully at sunset)!

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