It was beautiful and we really only saw the city (other than flying into Cork... Which was beautiful). We got to the hostel and dropped our bags off because it wasn't quite time to check in and headed to breakfast. We went to a place called Puccinos (as recommended by our awesome Irish hostel keeper, Tracy "Moira") and it was awesome! The girls split three different meals - Belgium waffles with ice cream (yes!), French toast, and an egg, sausage and cheese filled croissant. Yes, I did take a picture. Sooo good. Then we went back to the hostel and took a nap that lasted longer than any of us had planned for.
After, we walked around Cork. Got some bread, cheese and wine and shared a little snack in the park. It was cute. We visited a few churches, pubs and various places around town. For dinner, the girls went and got a pizza (turns out, the boys don't care as much about eating as we do) and sat outside for a while, chatting and eating. Then we met up with the guys at a cool little pub where they were playing live "trad music." It was great. The musicians were very talented and the environment was authentic and just really cool. When we left the pub the guys finally decided they were hungry and went to some Indian restaurant with crazy spicy food.
The next day... Today.. We woke up and planned on taking a tour to a really pretty place. We stopped by the market to get some bread and jam first and headed to the bus station. Once we got there we realized/decided we didn't know if we had enough time to get out there and make it back for our flight to London. So we went to a lunch theater and saw "Fruitcake" - a monologue skit about a lady making a fruitcake as she shares her life story. It was surprisingly good... And sad... And funny... And strange. A cool way to spend the day - we even made it in the Evening Echo, a local newspaper... But it doesn't come out until next Tuesday (if anyone is in Cork next week, pick up a copy for us). Afterward, we walked around a bit more... Went to some bookstores and a candy shop. It was a very enjoyable day, despite the rain. I do need to make it back to Ireland again and see more of the countryside.... And perhaps just move over here while I'm at it.
Now we are in the airport about to board Ryanair for London... Then spend another night in the airport and get to Frankfurt, Germany tomorrow morningish. It'll be fun... Hopefully we can manage to find some seats in the airport to lay on this time.
(The pictures are of us being excited about our afternoon snack and the boys drinking the jam... And Hutton not letting us take a picture of him.)
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