Cork City Tour

On Monday we finally took the Cork City tour that everyone had been talking about. You go on an open topped bus and ride around the city ...you hop on and off the bus as you like so you can see all the sites. It was a good time.... other than it was about 50 degrees and windy burrrr.


We saw the Cork City Gaol (pronounced Jail), St. Finnbarr's Cathedral, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork Butter Museum (HAHA), Fitzgerald Park, Cork Opera House, Elizabeth Fort, and the City Hall/Courthouse. The Cork City Gaol is the best..it housed women only. In the 1800's the town would come up to the Gaol on the weekends and watch these women be hung from the front balcony of the entrance. Crazy.

After the tour, we went and watched a Gaelic football game. Now this game is insane. It is a mix of rugby and soccer. You can either score on the goal keeper for 3pts or put it through the uprights for 1 pt. They pass the ball by throwing it and advance up the field by dribbling and bouncing it off their foot. The games are announced all in Gaelic. Impossible language to even attempt to get a grasp on. But it's pretty funny to listen to. After a long day of seeing all of Cork we decided to go be bums and play cards (rummy) in Scott's apartment for a while. And of course I lost big time since I always get beat at Rummy. No fair.

Also, a BIG birthday hug goes out to my mom today. <------@------> (that is my virtual hug) HAPPY 29th BIRTHDAY MOM!! hehe :)