Soooooo....
The Ireland trip wasn't as expected. I wanted a nice roadtrip to see all the castles and cliffs and wild horses and all that cliché Ireland stuff. But (as always) we ended up just taking the bus to Cork :D
The first (half)day we went to the Guinness Storehouse. MR. Special didn't get through ticket barriers LOL. Something (stupid) always happens to him :D :D :D. Storehouse was huge and full of all the information on how they brew Guinness, but I think the best part was getting there through the streets lined with the building(s). Gave a different feel to the city.
Temple bar that was buzzing with buskers during the night
but eerily full of trash 6AM
The next day we made our way to Cork and climbed up to our posh spa hotel. (20 minutes in the rain uphill is no joke but worth it in the end). Then the best thing ever happened. I was in our room and Mr. Special had gone out to explore or something. Suddenly I heard a frantic Jasmine! Jasmine! open the door! So I went to peek out the peeping hole expecting to find him aimlessly wandering around the corridor bc he forgot what room we're in. But the hallway was empty?!?! No one there... I'm sure I just heard his voice. And then a lot angrier voice cried out Jasmine open this door! So I did and guess what I found! :D He was frantically trying to open the door next to ours!!!! :D :D I nearly died.
Breakfast at the fanciest hotel that I've stayed evvvah!
Trying new food. Chilli beef. Who knew I'd actually enjoy it. (it did become too hot in the end :D)
Cocktail with a view in the best hotel evvah
Not the best tapas at the best hotel evvah
(Apparently they changed the menu between ordering and receiving food :D, so yeap a bit of dramah)
Blarney castle
The half day trip to Blarney castle was the best part of the trip. The castle itself isn't much unfortunately but the grounds are huge. Before we knew it we were stuck in a queue inside the castle not really knowing what it's all about. Soon turned out to be the line to kiss the stone.
We had queued a good 5 minutes before in the courtyard before taking this photo
Finally at the top where all the action is. At first I said I don't want to kiss the stone, but it is good luck and we had queued through the freaking castle, yes even on the winding small stairs, to get there. It'd be stupid to just walk past. So I pretended, bc it all happened so fast: you actually have to get on your back and lower yourself down headfirst to reach the stone. There is a guy to help you. Didn't feel safe at all... And I didn't reach the proper stone... So I just made the sound :D
Yay it "only"took us about 30 minutes.
(I love my watch :))
Kissing the stone as seen from below
See the weird position they put you in?
Another house on the grounds but as you had to pay extra for entering we didn't.
OMG the best part! Like an actual jungle with a waterfall!
The next day we went to Cork city gaol. The jail. And for some reason it looks so familiar...
We had a free guided tour there :)
When we started to leave I noticed Mr. Special was on his phone and not paying any attention to me :D So I "disappeared" God he couldn't find me at all. Finally when he already left the premises (thinking I had too) I ran after him. And apparently as he was looking so sad trying to find me some guy had told him that I'm hiding behind the bush :D Awkward :D
The view to Cork from close to the jail
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral
The "amazing" Cork castle :D Yes, it's that small. And since it was closed on the day we went, it wasn't worth the 40 minute bus ride from town centre... I couldn't believe it :D
We spent the last day of our trip in Dublin again.
Dublin castle
OMG the best Greek restaurant!!!! This food was soooo good.
Mr. Special grizzled at first and didn't want to go there but he loves it now too!
I've definitely seen you before ;)
Throughout our trip I made videos with our fakegopro. Thinking how cool it would be to make a short clip about our trip but after uploading them to the computer all the vids are jumpy and glitchy :S There goes my dream of being a vlogger :D
Maybe I should buy a proper gopro bc the ideas I had were cool man!
Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...