Thursday, October 26
On to Waterford!
We packed our bags in the morning, after another excellent traditional Irish breakfast. We hailed a cab and headed south, towards the Hertz rental car, where our biggest challenge was waiting for us. I have never driven on the wrong side of the road on purpose, and trying to master that, along with shifting the manual transmission with my left hand, made for an interesting trip to Waterford.
Medina was scared to death a couple of times, as I came a little too close to curbs and parked cars on her side. But she was patient with me and I managed to get the hang of it before too long.
We stopped for a lunch at a place called The Long Man, and it was great. So far, we have had excellent meals everywhere. We were warned that the food might not be great, but we have done well so far.
We pulled into Waterford with time enough to check in and drive up to the crystal factory in time to catch the last tour of the day. It was interesting to see how they do their work, but neither Medina nor I care much for crystal, so we didn’t buy anything.
He went back to the hotel and headed out for a little walking around in town. We found another good pub with great food. We had a few pints with the locals and headed back out for some more walking. On the way back to the hotel, we heard what sounded like some very good opera singing to our untrained ears. As we walked further, we found that there was an older gentleman, clearly drunk, sitting on a stoop, belting out some of the most beautiful singing we’d ever heard. We got a video of that, and if it’s any good, we’ll post it.
That put the raps on our time in Waterford. It wasn’t our favorite town so far, but that has a lot to do with the hotel, which was not quite up to snuff. They had really warm rooms, with no ac, and internet access which sat behind a ridiculous firewall, blocking most of the sites we wanted to visit.
On to Waterford!
We packed our bags in the morning, after another excellent traditional Irish breakfast. We hailed a cab and headed south, towards the Hertz rental car, where our biggest challenge was waiting for us. I have never driven on the wrong side of the road on purpose, and trying to master that, along with shifting the manual transmission with my left hand, made for an interesting trip to Waterford.
Medina was scared to death a couple of times, as I came a little too close to curbs and parked cars on her side. But she was patient with me and I managed to get the hang of it before too long.
We stopped for a lunch at a place called The Long Man, and it was great. So far, we have had excellent meals everywhere. We were warned that the food might not be great, but we have done well so far.
We pulled into Waterford with time enough to check in and drive up to the crystal factory in time to catch the last tour of the day. It was interesting to see how they do their work, but neither Medina nor I care much for crystal, so we didn’t buy anything.
He went back to the hotel and headed out for a little walking around in town. We found another good pub with great food. We had a few pints with the locals and headed back out for some more walking. On the way back to the hotel, we heard what sounded like some very good opera singing to our untrained ears. As we walked further, we found that there was an older gentleman, clearly drunk, sitting on a stoop, belting out some of the most beautiful singing we’d ever heard. We got a video of that, and if it’s any good, we’ll post it.
That put the raps on our time in Waterford. It wasn’t our favorite town so far, but that has a lot to do with the hotel, which was not quite up to snuff. They had really warm rooms, with no ac, and internet access which sat behind a ridiculous firewall, blocking most of the sites we wanted to visit.
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