Blarney

Well now, you can't very well go to Ireland without going to Barney Castle and kissing the Blarney stone....a tradition that is supposed to give you the gift of the gab.....still waiting on that one. Anyway, I have to admit that I was a bit sceptical about the whole thing. It just seemed a little TOO touristy for my liking, but I soon came around to the idea once we were there. Blarney Castle is a beautiful place and although you do have to line up for and age just to kiss a rock, which is now incredibly smooth (I don't even want to consider the implications of that!), I'm glad we went.

Above is the view of Blarney Castle form the ground and to the left is a pic from the very top looking down over the Blarney river.....aahhhhhhh. Oh and below is Dan kissing the Blarney stone.

Blarney, part 2