First stop was for lunch.
Great restaurant/pub with some very good food.
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| This is a road through the city of Kilkenny. |
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| Kilkenny Castle |
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Next, off to Waterford and Waterford Crystal. Quite an interesting tour. Very hand labor intensive for many pieces. Below are some pictures from the tour. The cheapest item for sale was about $50 US, and that was for a simple bowl. Most expensive item we saw? ~$30,000 US for the Irish Harp, used in the seal of Ireland and reversed by Guinness as their logo.
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A form used to create a specific shape, in this case an American football.
Using a lathe to create a new form.
The finished football.
Copy of 9/11 piece donated to the NYC Fire Department.
On the way home, we decided to take a trip along the east coast of Ireland. After Waterford, we headed northeast up to Enniscorthy and then on to Arklow. There we caught R750 (remember what I said about "R" roads??) for a 10 mile trip along a "scenic" route (according to our map) right on the east coast of Ireland. The road went from being narrow to very narrow. We had to laugh at the signs indicating the road would narrow ahead when it was just about wide enough for one car now! We came upon a parking area along the beach and pulled in. Several guys were pulling gear out of their cars (including 12' fishing poles) to do some sea bass fishing in the surf. I asked one guy to show me where we were on our map and he jokingly tried to tell me were along the coast way to the southwest of Waterford! We had a good laugh over that one. A couple pictures and on the way again. One more stop along the coast at Brittas Bay. On a nice day, this is supposed to be one of Ireland's best beaches. Today it was raw and windy.
Next up, a stop in Wicklow for dinner. We asked a guy at our first stop where we might get a good dinner and he told us a place just after getting into Wicklow. Nice steakhouse but I think we were a bit underdressed! Ha! Good dinner though.
Finally on the road to the apartment. We got in about 10 pm, tired and ready for sleep.
Wednesday should be an easier day as we can get up later. We meet up with a friend flying over from England as she heads to Tipperary and family. We plan on having lunch at the Brazen Head pub together. We will probably get a few things washed as well. We have to leave by 11 am on Thursday to a place we don't have yet! Seems Kasey forgot that August actually has 31 days and didn't book the cottage until Sept. 1st. So, unless we can contact the cottage people, we may be looking for a B&B for a night or two.
The first beach we stopped at, looking north from the south beach location.
A look offshore at the large windmills in the distance.
A look at the road along the coast. This is one of the wider sections.
A map to show our coast locations.
A view to the south from the northern beach location.
Here we are at our first stop. Very blustery. The water
temperature was about like early season Seneca Lake.
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