Clench

Well I had a lot on my plate the first few days I was here and now I'm out and about the country seeing sights and traveling around towns.

First of all driving- Britt is doing so well navigating around. Its the opposite side of the road and the roads are about as wide as one lane of traffic, on the old swap road, but with cars parked on both sides. Its absolutely ridiculous. And you can park in which ever direction you want so I find it hard to even determine what side of the road you should even be on. The "highways" are not only that narrow but are also lined with stone walls on either side, which are very beautiful, but actually cause me to clench my ass every time I see on coming traffic. I swear I'm going to have buns of steal in no time (which works well with me constant wardrobe of lulus)

We went to a shrine of Mary today in knock where we saw some beautiful old churches and shrines and were assaulted by a man's ass breath while he attempted to tell us a story about his priest brother.... or something- I think I may go to hell for that comment (Sandi you seem to have a close connection to the spiritual world, help me out).

We headed out on the road yesterday where I got to see the beautiful country side and all the castle ruins- its the most incredible sight to see I can't come close to describing. I also saw the incredible sight of a boy about four years old going to the doorway of a store and proceeding to pee- when his mother realized she started spanking him which in turn cause him to pee all over the doormat- great times.

We were on our way to Killkenny. Here I learned all about Hurling- not the kind that I like to do after too many vodkas- the sport that involves a football field huge sticks a baseball like ball, tackling like in rugby, a goal like in soccer, uprights like in football, no padding whatsoever, and basically insanity to participate- its amazing. Britt Patti and I enjoyed a few Killkeny by the fire in a pub then move on to antoher pub where we listened to some traditional irish tunes (trad songs as the locals would say).

Today we were on our way again more castles and churches to see. We stopped in at the Jamison distillery and had an authentic shot of Jamison whiskey and a quick look around the factory. Next was a stop in the town where the titanic picked up its last passengers before setting out the sea; basically where it picked up Leonardo DiCapprio when he won his ticket in a game of cards.

Now we are in Cork- where Britt used to live! We are about to head out to a pub to watch a Liverpool game.

Messages to pass on:
*pictures up soon hopefully!
*so many sheep in fields with stone walls just like the movies
*I don't like whiskey
*the thoughts in my head to myself are now in an Irish accent