So this past weekend, my friends and I went to Cork with the International Society. This trip, instead of taking 90 students, they took 150. We left around 9 Saturday morning and drove about 1.15 hrs to Blarney Castle. We had around 2 hours to wander and look around, which defiantly wasn't enough time to see everything, but we were able to see a lot. Erin and I hung out for most of the time there, but we eventually met up with the other girls. The first thing we did was walk around the castle and then eventually get in line to go up to the top. The walk up there was ridiculous and the stone spiral stairs kept getting narrower and narrower. There were a fair amount of other people there, but we didn't seem to have to wait in line for too long. Another part that helped was that the line goes through the inside of the castle so there were a lot of other things to look at.
Erin and I both kissed the Blarney stone, it wasn't as scary as I thought because there were metal poles that would prevent a person from falling all the way down, and there was a guy there that also held you to make sure you didn't fall. While doing it, there is a guy that takes 2 different pictures and in the end you can buy one for 10. Erin and I both bought out pictures and they came with a certificate, saying you actually did it.
Picture of the inside of the castle
Picture of the Inside of the Castle
Picture of the Dungeon
Kissing the Blarney stone
Blarney HouseAfter we did that, we then started looking around the grounds and explored as much as we could in the allotted time. Around 1:30 we got back on the bus to go to Cork which was only 15 or 20 minutes away from Blarney Castle. When we got to Cork, we checked into the Hostel and were then wandered the city, ate lunch, dinner, and looked around a lot. We ended up eating pretty good burgers in Cork for a really late lunch/dinner. They were huge so around dinner time we weren't hungry anymore.
That night, they took all of us to a pub called the Brogue. It was probably intimidating for everyone else there, because around 9:30/10:00 about 100 foreigners all came in together.
The next day we were free to do what we wanted until 7pm. We were all pretty tired from the night before, so we sat outside and ate breakfast at a cafe and drank huge coffees and stayed there for a while. Afterwords we just wandered the city and then eventually met up with other friends to have dinner.
Overall Cork was okay. It wasn't as clean or as nice as Galway, so if I had a change to go back to Cork, I wouldn't. There seemed to be a lot of trash on the streets and teenagers were always out just hanging on the streets in big groups, parents worst nightmare! But overall, a good weekend :)
That night, they took all of us to a pub called the Brogue. It was probably intimidating for everyone else there, because around 9:30/10:00 about 100 foreigners all came in together.
The next day we were free to do what we wanted until 7pm. We were all pretty tired from the night before, so we sat outside and ate breakfast at a cafe and drank huge coffees and stayed there for a while. Afterwords we just wandered the city and then eventually met up with other friends to have dinner.
Overall Cork was okay. It wasn't as clean or as nice as Galway, so if I had a change to go back to Cork, I wouldn't. There seemed to be a lot of trash on the streets and teenagers were always out just hanging on the streets in big groups, parents worst nightmare! But overall, a good weekend :)
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