Trip Report - Day 6 Emerald Isle 6/17-6/24

tigger_ttfn

Mouseketeer
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Sep 2, 2008
I hope everyone is enjoying the pics. I know I always love to read a trip report that has pictures. Unfortunately because I have so many darn pictures, it is making the TR writing a little slow. This is my first time writing a TR - for either ABD or WDW. There are pics I want to include but can't find them when I'm posting the TR. Oh well, enjoy...

Day Six – Limericks and Leprechauns

Today is a travel day to get us to the Castle. I was sad to leave Killarney as it is a wonderful city.

After an hours drive we arrived at Inch Beach. We had an hour to play. They have a small gift shop as well. We picked up a few things in there. The kids played soccer on the beach. We just enjoyed the scenery and the cool breeze. It was very cloudy but warm.

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From there we drove down to the very small down of Adare for lunch. We chose to have lunch in the cafeteria inside the Heritage Center. We had a toasted ham and cheese, tuna salad, and fries. It was a nice light lunch.

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From there it was another 2 hour drive to the castle. The guides put on a movie but I fell asleep.

We arrived at the castle with much fan-fare. They were waiting for us when we arrived. We had beverages and they told us the history of the castle. We had a few hours to explore the grounds before our Medieval Feast.

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Let me just say that the castle and the grounds are phenomenal. Walking through the halls truly makes you feel like you are in a castle. There is no air conditioning. We had two small windows that we opened up and a small oscillating fan. It would have been fine, but we had unseasonable warm temperatures while we were there. It was a little warm, but not unbearable.

The Feast was lot of fun, but that could be attributed to the fact that DH and I got to sit at the king’s table. DH was the King of Leinster. We even got to keep the crown.

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We enjoyed the grounds a little more before turning in. We had an early 8:30am start for our last full day in Ireland. How sad!

The time just flew by. They did a great job planning the itinerary. Every day got better and better. It made it really hard to leave. Usually after 7 nights somewhere I am ready to be home. But here, if had some more clothes, I would have been willing to stay a little longer. I definitely want to come back. The combination of the wonderful country of Ireland and the great planning of ABD made for an excellent trip.

But wait, I still have one more day to report on…
 
I think I may have missed something. What is the significance of the stuffed bear?

We need a picture of your hubby with the crown on!

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When we all sat down at the Irish Night I was starting to get a little worried.
I was like where is TiggerTTFN? and her DH?

They were announced later -complete with crown and cape.:) It was great
 
The stuffed bear is my company mascot. It is now tradition for someone who is traveling anywhere to take one along and get pictures. I thought it might confuse somebody but a couple of good pics had the bear.

The guides have more pics of us at the king's table, but I did get a couple before we came out on stage.

He's gonna love me for posting this one...

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He played his part very well! The adult only tour did not have this dinner, so it's fun to see what went on.
 

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