04 June 2010

Adventures with Tyler - Vol. 2

On the second day, we went to Blarney to visit the castle, stone, house, and garden. You know, obligatorily.


Blarney Castle in the shadow


Hooray! We climbed all 100 steps to the top














This was before he slipped on the stairs (not at this moment; a few minutes later)





Doorway made for small people


This is legit - there really were dangerous plants in here! But I couldn't take any pictures in fear of waking the mandrakes. (Just kidding, but there were actually mandrakes in there.)


Vine-covered tree


Statue mysteriously atop a hill of rocks


Castle on the way back from the road walk


Blarney House


We got lost coming back from Blarney and ended up at Nad, a small town that I think only had a bar. Anyway, we were already halfway to Killarney, so we decided to just keep going - to Killarney National Park. One great thing we saw going through the city before the park: a kid on a bicycle wearing a Mike Redmond jersey. In Ireland!! So that was fun.


We climbed a hill to get this great view.


Nice lil river we found


And it came with a nice lil bridge


Uh oh. Big tour buses...


Next stop...!





Safari-style

Adventures with Tyler - Vol. 1

Tyler was here for a week, and we went motorcycling around Ireland. These are from his first full day here. We went to Kinsale, which is a small port town about 35 minutes from Cork. The main attraction there is Charles Fort, so we went there and explored for a while.


Palm trees in Ireland - still a novelty for Tyler


Kinsale Harbor





On our tour of the fort - Weird thing: The people seen here (Quinn and Teresa) were the other two couple on our sunset kayaking adventure in Dingle Bay. Crazy.


That's the town of Kinsale in the distance


Pretty flowers at the fort


Doing a Scilly Walk


Tyler's first meal in Ireland: burger and fries. Num.


Right outside Bulman's, the restaurant where we ate supper


Puppy!











Random picture of the UCC quad - we took a walk around campus after we got back from Kinsale, and I realized I didn't post any pictures of my school on here. So... here you go.