The second day in Killarney we rented bikes and biked through the Killarney national park. We saw Ross Castle... hehe it gets better. A abandoned abbey :-) and Muckross mansion. It was just my day. At muckross mansion there were horse and buggy rides to Tork Waterfall so I spent some quality horsey time there. Tork waterfall was beautiful and the entire national park was just gorgeous. Muckross looked like something out of pride and predjudice. I got a wonderful supper of lamb and fire roasted potatoes and we spent the night indoors having a good time eating bread and cheese and drinking wine.
The next day we headed to Kilkenny for our last night in a hostel. In kilkenny we saw Ross hotel. lol. anyway we went out for the last time in Ireland. We went to like the oldest/largest pub in Kilkenny which had three different types of music on each floor. so cool. One american country. One irish drinking songs. and the other american hip hop. When a polka song came on me, Maura, Travis and Peter hit the floor and pleasently surprised all of the irish people with our "amazing dancing". lol.
Unfortunately the next day we checked out of the hostel and headed back to Dublin :-(. It was kind of a weird feeling knowing it was our last bus ride in Ireland and the place that had become so comfortable to us was soon to be a memory until years down the road when we come back. We got back to the hotel where the luggage was and packed everything up. Around nine we went to the airport and found a spot to spend the night. Saw some other FUS students and hung out with them. We watched Leap Year and got some food. Alex and I got about an hour's sleep curled up on the floor. In the morning we checked in and went through security. The plane ride wasn't much fun because it was freezing, my seat wouldn't go back, and I had a cold. Well that really wasn't the reason why the flight wasn't fun. Ireland was the best place in the world I have ever been. The beauty of the nature, the unbelievably friendly people, and just the life over there is so awesome. I would live over there for a couple months in a heartbeat. We all still miss it so much but the memories are priceless. haha it seems like everytime any of us are together we have a toast to the emerald isle and all the good times she gave us. God has blessed me so much in this trip as well as this semester. I hope to remember it always and one day... hopefully within the next five years. I'll go back. =)
