We were successful in shaking off our jet lag and slept until our 8:30 alarm. We ate at the breakfast buffet and made sandwiches to take for lunch. Our flight on Air Lingus was only one hour and luckily no one sat in the middle seat! We landed, got our luggage, breezed through immigration and got the rental car. The car is a mid sized SUV, big for Ireland but small by American standards. We dropped off our big luggage at a storage spot. The cost in Cork is a third of the price it would cost at Heathrow. Then we picked up Laura at the Cork Train Station. It was only a half hour to get to our first Ireland stay in Cobh. This AirBnB is in an older row house along the main street into town. We can see the Cathedral from the front door and the water beyond that. It is a nice place and we will be very comfortable here for the next three nights. We stopped at the store on the way into town and stocked up but dinner out sounded much better than cooking. We ate at the Quays down on the water. It was a bit too chilly to eat outside so we had a cozy table inside. Two new gins, two fish and chips and a chicken dish and we were all satiated. Now we had to tackle the uphill climb back to the place
This ship has swallowed a car and a truck
Old row buildings in Cork
Domes of unknown utility
The streets are like back alleys
Driving along the river on our way to pick up Laura
It can be built with a nod to beauty
On our way to Cobe, pronounced cove
A mysterious tower
With an enchanted tree on top
A stop in the store to stock up on vittles
A sign in the AirBnB
Our front dsoor
Two stories, three bedrooms and two baths and headbangers at every turn
Add a G to the front of the street anme
A Banksy, probably not an original
Yes, we walked up and down some steep hills
Love the use of color
They make a big deal about this being the last port of call for the ill fated maiden voyage of the Titanic
The cathedral towers above the town
Caw caw
Look at this lovely couple, the Ladies Leip
More downhill walking
Lit up by the rays of the setting sun
Me-Ow
The original drive through
Finally, flat land too walk on
These hooded crows were talking up a storm
A monument to the victims of the Lusitania sinking. It was torpedoed less than 20 miles from Cobh in 1915
Gazebo or cupola?
Big brass propellor salvaged from a 1987 shipwreck
One might bet the impression that we are in dangerous waters
For sale, a real fixer upper
The white house
Great place for dinner
The interior looks much nicer than the exterior
A three masted ship
Right on the waterfront
Boats for hire
The moon is up and the sun is going down
This is a sign in front of a construction site. They are renovating the former Royal Cork Yacht Club
A rare mauve building
Locked out of the loo!
The Titanic Experience
Three champion women
A bright orange
What is through this portal?
A meat market if I have ever seen one
Blurry beer kegs
