Put a Cork in it!!
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. Cork it had to be. Along with the key-card to open the door they had put and reduction card for the breakfast from 22 € to 15 € ad I decided that I would check it out when I woke up.
I woke up early and went down to the restaurant; I was not the only one that wanted to exploit Ireland. The breakfast was great and I had the possibility to read the newspaper; here I found out that Dublin would be crowded due to the harbour festival and the flower festival, so I kept my original plan; Cork. On top of this I found out that Monday was a bank holiday weekend so everything was a bit upside down.
I took the car, still having fun driving with the steering wheel in the wrong side, but it was no big thing. I found my GPS which I always bring and put in Cork; 264 km, I had better to get started.
Cork was a nice city, I drove a tour in the city and then decided to park the car at the harbour on Union Quay which was one of the only streets where I had found parking spaces. I walked towards the city centre enjoying the atmosphere and the livly shopping support by a group of Inca’s playing the pan-flute.
The pub was fairly empty when I entered and the service where very swift. I got a table and a large glass of ice water with. I found it a nice gesture to give a free glass of water and I was actually very thirsty.
I look at the menu and found that The Woodford offers modern good value dishes like soups, hot and cold sandwiches, burgers and salads as well as a few bigger main course dishes. I chose a carbonara which were priced at 12,95 €. The food was really good and I was satisfied.
I liked the place and could come back if I was in Cork again, but next time I would come in an evening. It might be a Tuesday, since the receipt had written that there are acoustic sessions every Tuesday with Gavin Moore.
