Greetings from Blarney Castle

Eloquence is now Sam and my middle names. After taking the self guided tour through Blarney Castle, we found ourselves at the top laying down to kiss the stone. This was somewhat amusing as some elderly, who were having troubles just getting to the stone, were trying to lay on their backs and slide down to kiss the stone. But I guess why hike to the top of the castle if you don't do the one thing you hiked up there to do! The grounds in front of the castle are beautiful, yet have an erie feeling to them. I now have a much greater understanding why and how fairy-tales were written and told. Sam walked the wishing steps both up and down, backwards, with her eyes closed, the tale says if you do this while thinking about your wish the whole time, that the wish will come true within a year. I guess we'll see!

I'm enjoying Cork much more than Dublin. There is allot more room everywhere you go, and the people are much more friendly too. It,s a very modern city but has managed to hold on to the old city feel. The central shopping area of town has large streets with allot of activity. In the middle of the street there are reflectors that have lights in them that change colors along with poles on the sides, approx waist high that have multiple lights that change colors too. It's very cool! We ate Mexican food last night and who knows what we will fall across tonight. This morn we went to English Market to browse the shops and grab breakfast. Sam has gotten into the habit of comparing everything she sees to what she has seen in the US. The English Market was the Seattle Fish Market and Blarney Castle was Enchanted Forest! We are working on breaking the habit! =) Sam is going to try and post some pics later tonight, till then stay classy!