CORK and BLARNEY STONE
We arrived in Cork City at rush hour and armed only with a small map we try in vain to find our way to the hostel we have pre-booked. The City of Cork is actually set on an island in the River Lee. With pedestrian areas blocked off to traffic and one-way streets we were totally lost. Luckily we found a local and he soon had us heading in the right direction. Apart from a quaint 16th century English Market full of butchers, fishmongers, bakers and fruit and veg stalls Cork didn’t seem to offer a lot to see and do, so we decided to take a short 8km drive to Blarney to see the castle and of course to kiss the famous Blarney Stone. Blarney Castle built more than 600 years ago has been the focus of attention, good and bad for centuries. Millions of people from all over the world visit every year to kiss it’s famous Blarney Stone. You have to climb up a narrow circular stone staircase to the top of the castles 25m parapet, then bend over backwards and hang upside down in the parapet to get close the stone. I wasn’t about to kiss that cold piece of granite unless someone disinfected it first, all those lips must have left millions of germs, but we went through the process and managed to get a couple of photo’s. The grounds around the castle were beautiful and we did take some time for a walk around the gardens before heading back to Cork for our last night there.
posted by Brian and Julie @ 4:57:00 AM
1 Comments:
Looks like your hair is getting longer! Did you actually kiss the stone? how high up was it?
I'd be terrified, by the looks of things!
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