Today we were totally free until the fairwell dinner so we decided to take a civilized approach to the day. Later than normal breakfast, leisurly preparation, take life at a slower pace. Eventually we headed out the door and caught a bus to the oldest part of town. Thus far we have learned lots about […]
Following Breakfast we gathered in the lobby with our fearless leader Alan. Once the headcount was right we headed out to walk down to the river and up to Trinity College (~.6 mile). There we were joined by an official university tour guide (Mike, a grad student from upstate New York) who took us on
The alarm went off. We threw our bedclothes in the suitcases and had them outside our door by 7:30. After the obligatory visit to the breakfast room we returned to our room to grab our backpacks and saying a fond fairwell to the Metropole Hotel we boarded the bus to continue our adventure. The first
The day started off with a sumptuous breakfast (see previous photo). After breakfast we met our guide for the morning. She gave us a brief intro into the history of Cork and then we boarded our bus for a tour of the city. We stopped at St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral (Anglican) where she talked about
First an interesting bit. When we arrived in our room the other day we were greeted with a most unusual treat: Now the good stuff: Today is a HUGE picture day. Following a hearty and nutritious breakfast We boarded the bus and headed for our first stop: Killarney. There we took a few minutes to
The first event this morning was an orientation session (“Hi, I’m Randy from Boise Idaho…”, Here’s what’s going to happen this week. Here are maps, Books, Handouts that you will find interesting. Here’s your listening device. Now let’s test them. Stuff like that). The session was scheduled for 9:30 so Cheryl and I decided that
The morning started out much the same as any other. Up, breakfast – OK, that’s where the similarity ends. Following breakfast we finished packing and hied ourselves hence to the airport shuttle. Arriving at the airport we met others of our tour group and spent a couple of leisurly hours getting to know a few
K-So…Sleep was a particularly difficult commodity to come by last night. (Don’t everybody look surprised all at once.) Both Cheryl and I spent a couple of hours in the middle of the night up, reading. Fortunately I got to sleep just before the alarm went off at 7:00 this morning. but we were dressed and
Not much to report today. We arrived. Billie had ordered a wheel chair to meet the plane for Steve. SO COOL! I guess it was OK for Steve, but I particularly appreciated the way we breezed thru Passport Control and Customs and out (the LONG walk) to where we were to meet the shuttle to
Following a leisurly morning – up at the normal time, breakfast, final prep items, going over the list one more time, Steve and Billie arrived at 10:15. By 10:30 we were in the taxi and on our way. Cleared security very quickly (It is Boise, after all.) and had lunch at one of the