Cork and life

Our room at the hostel

This past weekend I was able to travel to southern Ireland to a place called Cork or Corcaigh as it is in Gaelic. A small group of (Myself, Jessica, Alexa, and Regan) took a three hour bus ride, which wasn't bad but I wouldn't want to be on a bus much longer than that. In Cork we reserved a four bed private room at a hostel called Kinlay House. When we arrived in Cork we honestly had no idea where it was. After wondering around for about 20 minutes we finally asked a local, and he sent us off in the right direction. The right direction was about a 15 minute hike to the top of hill.

Jameson

That night we in search of food and a fun time. We ate at a place called Rocking Joe's Dinner, then we headed for a pub. We looked through a travelers guide for the best pubs and decided on a place called Bru's Bar. When arriving we found some of our classmates who also went to Cork and had a few drinks with them. That's where I discovered a found a drink that I can never stray away from Jameson Irish whiskey with ginger ale and lime.
We then headed off to find some live music and we soon found out at the next two pubs were almost double what they were at the Bru Bar. So we called it a night.

Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral

Main Aisle

The following day our group decided to do some exploring of the city centre, saw a cathedral off in the distance and headed that way. It was Saint Fin Barre's cathedral which was part of the Church of Ireland. Being right next to the cathedral was absolutely break taking. We walked to grounds around the church and saw headstones from the 1700's. Just being on the outside and seeing how much detail the people who built it put into it was amazing. The pictures I post of this church don't do it the slightest justice.

Entrance to the Cathedral 

Valentine's Day Coffee

Ocean view 

      The one last thing and I'm out of here. Sunday was Valentine's day and I was lucky enough to be able to spend it with my wife. We went out for coffee in Spiddal just the two of us. And on the walk back we stopped and took in the ocean.