Dublin to Kilkenny to Cork

Tam's Mom arrived safe and sound on July 15th in Dublin. Was it ever amazing to see her but the wait for Mom to get off the airplane was painful as we were so excited to see Tam's Mom after 4.5 months of being away. Tears were exchanged between us all and after we got everything together we headed to get our car and hit the road to our hotel in Dublin. After one night in Dublin we headed to Kilkenny where we spent 2 nights and got to enjoy the City of Kilkenny by seeing: The Black Abbey, Kilkenny Castle, The Smithwicks Brewery, St. Canice Cathedral and hike up the 1200 year old St. Canice Tower. Mom did it and are we ever proud of her as the steps got narrow near the top, it was a tight fit. Today we left Kilkenny and headed to Dunmore Caves before making our trip to the City of Cork. We got checked into our hostel Bru Bar and Hostel and then headed to the Blarney Castle and Gardens. Mom and Tam bent over to kiss the Blarney Stone but Patrick said I don't need to kiss the stone as I am already lucky as I have Tam. :) It was so cute! After we ventured to see the Gardens around the Castle. We got to see the Posion Garden which you were not allowed to smell, eat or touch the plants as they were poisonous. We also ventured to the Fern Garden for Mom as she loves ferns and she's jealous that we cannot grow them in Alberta. After we headed towards the entrance to head back to our hostel. The next couple of days will be busy as we are hoping to see: The Skellig Islands, Ring of Kerry and Killarney so we have a very busy couple of days and then off to Galway. It has been an amazing adventure and we are so glad that we could share it with Mom. Here's to more amazing memories.

Tam, Patrick & Mom

Love From,
PS&T in Cork City, Ireland