Castles by Day, Pubs by Night

Sunday, April 22, 2001

Cold Chilly Day in Cork

Well, I spent an uneventful day today watching a host of movies. Last night I met my two bunkmates, both Aussies, an donly in for one night. They invited me down to watch a movie, John Travolta in Phenomenon, so I did. A few bedtime giggles for one while she read the underside of her bunk, and they were gone in the morning.


I got up about 9am after reading in bed for an hour or so while the live-in bunkmate snored her head off. She works nights, and seems nice enough. I went to Mcdonalds for breakfast and read there for awhile. Found a park later and sat in the park to read for awhile, got a bit of a chill and then went in search of the library where I was told they had cheap internet, only to find it closed on Sundays and Mondays...after that I came back here and watched a bunch of movies - When the Bough Breaks, A Perfect Murder, Blue Sky, and Lake Placid. A total veg out day, which is what vacations are about, huh?


I managed to get the rest of my laundry done today by Paul, the host for 4 pounds Irish, which is ok I guess. He did a good job, and folded it, so I'm happy. Probably will only need laundry done once more if at all.


I decided to head off to Kilkenny on Tuesday instead of Dingle. I am ready a trashy novel by an Irish writer who talks a lot about Kilkenny Castle, so I looked it up in my guide only to find many things in Kilkenny that sound interesting, and have also been recommended by others to go to Kilkenny, so I booked a bed for 3 nights there this week. If I like it, I may just stay longer until I have to go back to Limerick on Tuesday of next week.


Well, I think I might go root out another video, ha ha.

posted by Dreama at 9:20 PM

1 Comments:

  • hi sky,

    i couldn't find another way to contact you, so i thought i'd stick it on this blog. i loove travelling too, and in fact lived in cork the year before you were there!

    here is my response to your comment on my blog:
    - i agree that sensitivity and intelligence about how we use language, and what it refers to, is good, but in my opinion, 'rule of thumb' is now completely unattached to any other meaning it might once have had.

    whereas 'wild as indians' clearly still insults aboriginals, rule of thumb does not still insult women - no one says rule of thumb with domestic abuse in mind.

    i'd compare it to an atheist getting offended if i said goodbye to him - that being a contraction of 'God be with you.'

    that's my two cents anyway!

    By Blogger Pay-Per-Hack Writer, at 1:04 PM  

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