Saturday sent us first to the English Market, which has an amazing variety of different Irish foods. Irish sausages, every vegetable/fruit imaginable, cow tongues, and fresh-caught fish from Ballycotton (our “home town”). We got lunch at one of the sandwich stations in there and then caught a bus to Blarney.
Blarney is known for one thing--the famous Blarney stone. Touristy? Most definitely. A must-do in Ireland? Hell yeah.
We walked up the 100 steps of the Blarney castle and got in line to kiss the stone which is supposed to give you great eloquence and sophistication.
It dates back to one of those old queens. Do I truly know the story? No…but I was willing to shell the 8 euros do see a cool castle, walk the beautiful gardens surrounding the castle and check “kissing the Blarney stone” off my bucket list. Yes, kissing the Blarney stone is on Discovery Channel’s “99 things to do before you die”.
After that little tourist trap, we went back to Cork and did some shopping, city-walking and eventually ended up at University College- Cork (UCC), which has a beautiful campus on the edge of the city that rivals just about any American campuses.
Finally, we splurged for a great dinner at the Corn Store Restaurant and ended the night in again at Sheila’s.
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