Kilkenny, Ireland

First full day in Ireland. We all slept in and tried to recover from the no sleep the night before (Cheryl was 3 nights as she left everything to the end – that is why she is reading this blog). Debbie made us Irish eggs and soda bread for breakfast…it was yummy. We have a beautiful house here – very Irish. Here it is…

We took off in our sporty Volkswagen Golf. Driving has been quite an experience. I walked to the wrong side of the car for the first 5 times, Debbie tells me when the wrong way is clear when I’m pulling into traffic, and Cheryl said “Debbie, you’re driving?!?!?!” when Debbie was getting into the passenger seat. We did go around and around a round-about while trying to figure where to get out – it was fun;) We did get out. All in all it is going well. (I even parallel parked!)

We went to Kilkenny for the day. What a beautiful day it was! 19 degrees and sunny – we weren’t ready for that! We had our raincoats and umbrellas, but praise the Lord they stayed in the car! We went to Kilkenny Castle first. It was amazing! Right in the middle of town. We walked all over town taking pictures and some shopping. Not too much shopping as we don’t really care for it…lol. We also went to the Black Abbey – beautiful building with tombs outside of it.

Picture from inside the abbey.

We took a picture of the 3 of us this trip…

And here’s our picture when we come back in 10 years…(Cheryl, Krista, Debbie)

We stopped on the way home for some pictures at the bridge over River Nore. This was our favourite stop of the day. It was so quiet and serene and very Irish…right down to the sheep!

We went for dinner at the Circle of Friends in Inistioge where we are staying. We all had fish and chips. Perfect Irish dinner!
What a great day…we’ll see what tomorrow brings.