Cashel, Cork and Casks.

So it was a nice relaxing week off in Portugal. Even though we had a sick toddler , it was still a nice time and she was really good overall. We see the terrible two's creeping in with a few more tantrums than usual but it was great to spend time with this little human that we made that is building a personality of her own. The food was great and my only let down was the last night but 5/6 ain't bad.

When we got back to Ireland on Saturday, it was straight into Dublin traffic. @deirdyweirdy I don't miss that part of life in Dublin. As soon as we got home the grandparents had dinner for us. They wanted to see the child. I didn't complain as I put ketchup on a homemade burger while nanny cut up her granddaughters chicken nuggets.

The father in law always nabs me for a round of golf so my wife couldn't really say no. We are early birds so we were up at 7am to play a competition. One of my friends put his name on the system to play with us. He is nice but he doesn't stop talking from start to finish and that is hours of constant chatter. I went around in 28 points . Father in law 30 points and my friend 27 points. I didn't play my best but a bad day golfing beats a your best day working so it's all good.

Then it was shower and out for lunch to Feehans in Cashel. Most of you know Cashel as a tourist attraction in Ireland. It is a fairly impressive castle. The food there is nicer though and we went for lunch in a local bar that is getting a name for itself for good pub grub. The town of cashel have an arts festival on so they put a piano in the middle of one of the streets. A couple of American tourists were having a go and my daughter thought this was great and started dancing.

Tomorrow myself and wifey are heading to Cork. Cork is a nice city down the south west of Ireland. It is the second biggest city in the Republic but it's still small in comparison to most cities. There is always a nice atmosphere to Cork as the local's have a great sense of humour and their accent is a strange one. Some people call it the republic of Cork because of how different the people are. Actor Cillian Murphy is from Cork and is a regular around the pubs in Douglas where he is from. My sister lives in Cork and see's him quite a bit.


The Cork local newspaper is called the Evening Echo so you regularly hear Cork newspaper sellers shout Echoooooooooo while you are walking around the city. There's a clip below of one of the guys shouting it. Some of the tourists don't know what is happening!

My wife has a voucher for a craft shop called Vibes and Scribes and she is eager to spend it. There is a lovely little coffee beside it so I am happy to go in and have a cappuccino and maybe write a post. I absolutely love a pub called the Cask close by and I may even nip in for a drink once I convince my wife to drive home. The Cask is class. The last time I went there they gave me a whiskey that had a glass covering with smoke in it. The smoke was oaky and it really added to the taste of the whiskey. I recommend anyone that goes to Cork to try one. Just clear your diary after you walk in there because you never leave sober. There is always some new concoction that has to be sampled.

So thats tomorrow planned in. So its either coffee or whiskey for me. Not a bad choice. If you see no posts or comments you will know what the story is. Granny is minding the baby so who knows what might happen

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