Wales……

Sorry I haven’t updated in a few days…the hotel in Dublin-the capital of Ireland- had Wi-Fi but it didn’t work; but the two “country” hotels we have stayed in have worked just fine. Soooooo Saturday we got up and left Killarney heading towards Dublin. The first stop was Blarney Castle two hours away from Killarney, and yes I “kissed” the Blarney stone and it was somewhat scary because half of my body was off of the ground wall as I was leaning over backwards to touch the stone at the top of the castle. I am currently uploading my pictures to photobucket; it will take a while since I have a lot. Anyway, after Blarney Castle and lunch we headed out again for another hour and a half and stopped at Rock of Cashel I believe was the name, Cashel Castle was above the rock. We only stayed there for about 45 minutes, Lee and I just roamed around outside because it was about…6 or so Euro’s to go in and look around, so we just took pictures of the outside. We ended up in Dublin after another two more hours- at a very modern hotel- like a Irish Days Inn. We went to dinner inside the city and me and two girls from VA went back tot he hotel while the rest of the group went to an Irish dance thingy that was 25 Euros.
Yesterday we had a bus tour of Dublin in the morning then had the rest of the afternoon free. We saw the Book of Kells- the Latin New testament in Trinity College. Our “NC group” went to the National Museum of History before going shopping. I finally found something for my brothers and daddy- though it wasn’t really hard…I’ll wait and let them get them. I hope everyone likes what I have gotten them. I led the others around-they learned I walked fast- cause I have a good memory and Dublin was kind of like New York…kinda.
Todaaaay we got up at 5:30/6 A.M and left Dublin at 6:30 for the Ferry to go to Wales- a 3 ½ hour ferry ride- and we stayed up LATE the night before so we were tired…I slept on two chairs curled up in a ball; ‘cause I’m that small. Once in Wales we stopped at a town whose name is 57 letters long in Welsh…shopped and ate lunch then headed to a castle. It was awesome. Lee got pictures for me today because both my camera and phone were dead, and I don’t think I brought my camera charger…LAME. I also didn’t think about the plug converter/adapters…so I had to borrow someone's adapter to charge my laptop. I will probably be getting one when I get home…for the next time I travel out of country. So I have no pictures of today…I will be using my phone for the rest of the trip…whoo. After the first Castle…whose name I have forgotten at the moment, we rode another 1ish to an unfinished castle of Kind Edwards I, and it was GORGEOUS…a city was built inside of it. Our bus barely fit through the archways it was SCARY. We made it to our hotel where I am currently at at around 6 and had dinner at 7. I was going to go walking with Lee and Casey but they left me while I was trying to get into the room we accidentally locked ourselves out of…oh well. Sooo Oxford and London tomorrow…cheerio!

Candi Michelle


MOM LOOOOOK TURKISH DELIGHT!!! It's pretty good too...................I'll post more pics later