More Pictures!

I have internet access again, so here are a few more pictures!

We took this picture at the Rock of Cashel, a 600 year-old cathedral that had some awesome architecture!

This shows some of the carvings along one of the altars at the Rock of Cashel

This is one of the craftsmen at the Waterford Crystal factory after taking the glass out of the furnace and making it into a vase


Here's me kissing the Blarney Stone!

Casey chilling on the Sacrificial Altar in the Blarney Castle grounds (he does what he wants)

Some amazing scenery along the southern coast

A two-lane road along the Ring of Kerry!

A view of Lough Leane and the MacGillicuddy Reeks from Lady's View in Killarney

Exploring a fort that's over 3000 years old!

Well, that's all the pictures for now! Over the past few days, as you can see, we've been to Blarney Castle and we then drove along the southern coastline of Ireland until we made it to Killarney. We spent a few days in Killarney, driving the Ring of Kerry, checking out the town, and hiking in the Killarney National Park. Tonight we're staying at the town of Tralee and tomorrow we're heading to the Dingle Peninsula to do some hiking and see some more amazing scenery!

Finally Some Pictures!!!

I was finally able to find a new power chord for my laptop, so here are some pictures!

The one above this is a couple of the famous "Doors of Dublin".

Here's a picture of our first room in Dublin.

And here's Casey and I sharing a Guinness at the top of the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin! Disclaimer: If any of Casey's future employers are reading this blog, Casey is currently 18 and in Ireland, where the legal drinking age is 18 :)

I took this picture in the valley of Glendalough where we visited an old monastery founded by St. Kevin.

This was a really fun night! We were in Kilkenny and went out with a couple of people from the hostel, Brianna (in the picture) and Phil (the guy who took the pic).

As you can see, we had a good time :) I wanted to post a video of the band that was playing but it's taking a long time to upload and the internet's acting up so that's all for now. I'll post more as soon as possible!

Laptop Down

Well, we've been having a few issues here but we're still making it through. Unfortunately, the power chord for my laptop has stopped working and the battery died so I don't really have a good way to put up pictures at the moment, but hopefully I'll be able to find a replacement sometime soon. In the meantime, I'll only be able to post stuff every few days when we somehow have access to a computer. But anyways, after we left Wicklow town it started to rain and it didn't stop for three days! When we heard that it rains all of the time in Ireland, we thought that it was just an exaggeration, but we were wrong! We were still able to see some pretty awesome stuff though. The drive down the eastern coast was beautiful and we stopped in a couple small villages on the way down. We eventually stopped in Waterford, trying to find the Waterford Crystal Factory. Unfortunately, we weren't able to find it and since we were absolutely soaked, we didn't feel like walking around too much to look for it. After Waterford, we headed inland to the city of Kilkenny to stay the night. That evening we made some friends at the hostel and headed out to a local pub together and ended up having a great time! There was a traditional Irish band playing and they were awesome (I hope to post some videos as soon as my laptop is working). The next day, we headed west, to the town of Cashel. At the town there is a huge 900 year old cathedral called the Rock of Cashel, and that was amazing! We stayed the night again in Kilkenny and then today we went back to Waterford and this time we found the Crystal Factory! We took a tour through the factory and it was really cool seeing how all of the different pieces are made! We then made our way along the southern coast, which included lots of cliffs and hairpin turns, to the city of Cork, where we're staying the night. We watched the Munster Hurling Championship while we were here which was very cool (FYI, hurling is an Irish sport similar to lacrosse but played with more of a field hockey-type stick). We also watched the World Cup game at one of the local pubs. Tomorrow we're going to check out Blarney Castle and then make our way over to Killarney! Hopefully I'll get a new chord for my laptop soon and I'll be able to post more often!

Our First Few Days

Hey everyone! We're at an internet cafe right now so I don't have time to post much but I just thought I'd put up a little update to let everyone know we're still alive! We flew into Dublin a few days ago and spent the morning walking around, seeing the Book of Kells and checking out the National Museum. Then, after a much needed nap, we went to the Guinness Storehouse and had a couple pints of Guinness at the highest point in Dublin! The next day we picked up our car and headed south to the Wicklow Mountains. We spent the day driving around the mountains while getting used to driving on the left side of the road. We only had one or two near-death experiences, so I think that, all in all, we did a pretty good job :). That spent that night in a hostel in a small town called Rathdrum and then yesterday we went back into the mountains to an old monastic site called Glendalough. There were some beautiful ruins there that we explored and we also went hiking around the site for the day. While we were hiking we even saw some Peregrine Falcons! After that, we drove over to the town of Wicklow on the east coast and spent the night in a really nice Bed and Breakfast. Today we're headed down the coastline to Wexford, Waterford, and Kilkenny. Hopefully next time we're online we'll have time to put up some pictures soon so you can all see some of the awesome stuff that we've been doing!