Well, as I'm pretty sure most of you know, this is not Paris.Due to circumstances beyond my control (I just edited out a 2 paragraph long rant about a certain Volcano) we could not fly out to Paris this weekend. Sometimes it's easy to forget that Ireland is, in fact, an island.
Our flight has been rescheduled for the 30th of April and hopefully by then this will have all blown over (literally) or else I'll be out a considerable amount of money on hostels/hotel rooms as they've all decided that they're not responsible for the volcano and will keep everyone's money.
Anyway, instead I went down to Cork with Allison and Kaitlyn to have a girls weekend. We have a habit of choosing "the song" for each trip we make and this time there was atie between the following -
Beach Boys - Good Vibrations - because it played two nights in a row in two different pubs.
The Glee version of Hello Goodbye - It has NOTHING on the original but it's much more fun for a girl to sing along to.
All American Rejects - Gives You Hell - Glee inspired but the original is angrier and won out
Oh, to the trinis, I visited Pres' founding school - Presentation College Cork)
Anyway, to those of you who know me well will know that Cork is one of my favourite places and that I very very nearly ended up at UCC instead of Notre Dame for college. Because let's face it...UCC is breathtaking. Just to prove my point I'll include some pics.
Speaking of breathtaking - you can't go to Cork and not visit the Blarney Castle!
The weather was brilliant and I kissed the blarney stone (for the second time).
And of course, walked up a set of dangerously eroded stairs backwards with my eyes closed.
But the very best part of the day was when we simply lay on the grass taking in the sun (and a bit of an afternoon nap). I'm so glad Allison got a pic of this because it's slightly epic.
Finally, would it really be me if we didn't stop in a few pubs? Of course not. We went to a few small ones but the best was the microbrewery where we had what were undoubtedly my favourite beers so far. It's pretty depressing that I can't find them anywhere else. Maybe I should ship a keg home...haha.
Anyway...we'll see if the volcano decides to be nice and let me go to Paris. I'll keep you updated.
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Whee I love UCC..so pretty isn't it?
ReplyDeleteDid you visit the small shop that sold Catch?? lol
Think about it this way, Ash...there is always, always a reason for everything..so although you didn't get to go to Paris as planned, something good still came out of it! And hey, there's always next weekend!!
Now I feel to go to Paris =(
Too much to do, too little time!
See you soon,
I loooove you!!
oh and btw "Gives you hell" is the best angry break-up song haha
Sorry to chime in so late, but it most certainly isn't the best breakup song...
ReplyDeleteThe best breakup song is "Song for the Dumped" by Ben Folds Five haha