Irish coffee :-)

On the very first packet of information the class received in the early stages of planning this trip it said that May is one of the sunniest months of the year. Today was not like that at all. Above is a picture looking out of my tour bus today. We left Cobh early this morning to go southwest to Kerry. Our first stop was the Kerry Bog Village museum. The museum is not like your average museum. It is not a building but instead a small village of houses to see how the people lived and worked years ago. It was not fun walking around in the mud. The most memorable moment was going there to have my first Irish coffee. Our tour guide told us to and I took his advice. In case you do not know, Irish coffee has hot coffee, a small amount of whiskey, sugar and a top layer of cream. I enjoyed very much.

The rain continued all day. Yesterday our Ad and PR professor, Bob O’Gara (Yes, he is Irish and proud of it!) made sure to tell us to make sure we charged our batteries in our cameras for this trip because we would want to take photos going to the Ring of Kerry. It was so unfortunate that it rained all day but we made the best of it. We jammed to the Beatles on the bus ride and looked out our window in wonder. Our first stop was at Waterville. It is known for its golfing destination. Tiger Woods has been there several times before the British open. There was also to see a Charlie Chaplin statue. Though it took a few hours it was well worth frequently getting up and sitting down to get that great photo. I am grateful for the bus driver being able to stop so close to the edge of the mountains for us.

Once we arrived in Killarney we dropped our things off at our next hotel called the International Hotel. Thus far I have a feeling that they are not as great as the one in Cobh. There is wireless but we have to go to the ground floor. My room looks like it would fit two perfectly and they just decided to squeeze a third bed in it. Tonight we went out to see an Irish music and dance performance at a local restaurant that served a three course meal to us. The best part of the night was when a musician played the Titanic theme song using several flutes. I am very optimistic for tomorrow. It is a free day. I look forward to walking around the side streets of Killarney.