Cork Travel Blogs

Before I went to bed had at least one Guinness and some nice G&T´s. The last thing I did before I hit the sack was to look at the map that Hertz had given me when I rented the car. I looked at the map and decided for Cork. Again I don’t know why but I had probably heard about it somewhere. C…

The county of Cork is just south of my home-county,Limerick, but we still had a 2 and 1/2 hour drive to were we headed: Youghal. Youghal (pronounced Yawl) is said to have been largely influenced by the vikings. Arriving in the 9th century they used it as a base to raid nearby wealthy monasti…

Well today I was inspired to go for a walk around my hometown and take a few photos. I drove into University College Cork and parked the car. I have been a student here for the past four years, and my spell here is now coming to an end! UCC is a must-see if you're visiting Cork, and it's also a nic…

Poor Nina, she didn't get to sleep well for two night because of ME! On the first night she blames it on me sleeping very very slanted/diagonal on the bed. Well, I was just cold and I didn't know where to find another blanket so I had to squeeze in my cutie legs into her blanket and just used p…

Today was a pretty blah day,has been pretty blustery all day and everyone has prettym uch just bene hanging out inside playing cards,board games and whatever else.I watched a movie with a bunch that i met over the last few days and we had popcorn joked around and ad libbed the movie in each others …

I was not at all ready to get up. I got on the train, though, and here I sit. Time to attempt to get my second half of last night's sleep in. Oh, here comes the trolly lady, just like in Harry Potter. I got off the train in Cork and walked directly to the bus station. I bout a 5.6 euro round …

The ride to Cork was pretty uneventful; it pretty much consisted of more driving and more iPod.  Along the way we decided to stop at Waterford as Angie’s family lineage came from there.  We wouldn’t be hitting mine as Belfast was too far a car ride for the amount of time we had in Ire…

I was in the Cork during the jazz festival which happen every Year on the last weekend of October. An unbelievable Atmosphere ruled in the city. One goes the streets along and from everywhere u can hear live music. Indeed, jazz is not played everywhere,in smaller pubs rather more rock . Many people…

Sept. 10, 2007:  Day 6 – True Couchsurfers   Over the night two Couchsurfers had responded to our requests.  So, we had a free place to stay that night!  It was going to be Justin’s first Couchsurfing experience too. Unfortunately we had no place to store our bags and car…

We arrived in Cork yesterday afternoon. After driving around the city lost for a couple of hours we finally found our hotel and got settled in. Our hotel room is awesome, Dad really did a great job. We are right up the street from the River Lee and City Centre and right at the based of the clock to…

Collecting our luggage from under the bus at our destination, one of the French girls approached me again.  She and her friends had reserved accommodations at the Cork YHA (Cork International Youth Hostel) and she asked if I could help them find it.  Pulling out my map to lead the way, I …

3.30.09 We wanted to see Cork, but knew it was a big city. The closest campground in Midleton was 15 km out. Parking in cities is basically non-existent for a big rig. Driving in them is foolish. Yet, I remembered from the Calgary Stampede that if you get anywhere early enough, you can find parking…

...at blarney castle rainbows in ireland are abundant. we saw three in one day...you rarely see three in one year in california! ireland is everything that i pictured - green, calm, peaceful, quiet.  just stretches of green for ages and ages with lots of sheep!  and by lots i mean tons!…

A working town and a castle that gives the gift of eloquence.

The early start went according to plan. Waking up at 5.30am would give me a chance to get up and go, I know I had to be out the door at 6am. Leaving at 6.05am meant that I had to walk with my rucksack that much quicker to the station, however I purchased my ticket and got onto the platform to c…