We intended to leave our hotel in Cork this morning and head to Cobh, which is a harbor town a bit larger than Kinsale, however, when we saw the rainy weather, we decided to head to Limerick and Shannon. Believe it or not, the rain this morning was really the first rain we've seen that affected our plans. We have been very lucky with the Ireland weather. I think the beautiful weather followed us around the entire trip! We took the hour and a half drive to Limerick and drove around the city for a while. We really didn't know too much about it or what we really wanted to do there so we just drove around and continued on to Shannon. We didn't really have a destination in Shannon either, so after driving around a bit, we went to our hotel. We had a bite to eat at The Creamery, did some shopping, then headed to Ennis, a small town about 30 minutes from Bunratty. We walked around a bit, stopped in a pub, of course, then headed back to our hotel.
Our dinner tonight was a Medieval banquet at the Bunratty Castle.
What a fun time! We were greeted at the castle with music and a cup of Mead (we drank it, but it was way too sweet for us!), then we sat at long oak tables and ate a four course meal. It was very entertaining and a lot of fun. We happened to be seated between two Irish couples, one married for 34 years and the other married for 39 years. We had so much fun talking to them and we even exchanged emails with one of them. They were so nice, they assured us that we would want to come back to Ireland and told us we must stay with them when we return! A fun evening of entertainment spent with fun people!
It's so sad that I write this blog on our last night. It's been a wonderful trip, we've seen so much of this beautiful country, met so many wonderful people, and had a great time!
I can't wait to see where we go next!!
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