Todays post is for Belinda.
She is too unwell to get out and about,
so is having a virtual holiday,
courtesy of her many blogging friends.
Today is her lucky day,
she is on her way to Ireland.
Firstly Belinda pack your raincoat,
as the heatwave is well and truly over!
Your Irish destination is Cork.
Our first stop is Blarney Castle.
In case you have not heard,
this is where you get the,
“gift of the gab”.
Now you understand the expression,
“Give up your old Blarney”.
In order to obtain this wonderful gift,
you must first kiss the Blarney stone.
Looks like fun (or not!).
Leaving Blarney we will head to Kinsale,
a beautiful fishing town,
famous for its food.
Here we will have lunch,
and perhaps a coffee!
Then its back on the road again.
From now on the real countryside will surround you.
Until eventually you arrive,
in my secret heaven on Earth.
Allihies.
If you look carefully you will see it,
hidden amongst the mountains,
facing the sea.
After a coastal walk,
we will surely be thirsty once more,
so off to the pub,
for some food and drink.
Of course what sort of a pub,
would not also have some music?
Somehow I think Belinda,
that this will be our final resting place.
A night of “ceol agus craic” (music and fun),
will finish off your visit nicely.
(I hope you’re feeling a bit better Belinda,
and today was a good day for you.)
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I so want to be there and am in a way! This is the perfect day or better yest, stretched over a few days! Smiles. To sit in a pub, music, drink, conversation, laughter…I amy never want to leave! xoxo I love my gift. Thank you
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Today I went to Ireland!!! Would you like to journey with me? My friend and I were going to sit in the pub (huge smiles) and chat and laugh…listen to music…sigh
Count me in! 🙂
The more the merrier in every sense of the word. Nice to see you drop by. 🙂
Wouldn’t it be awesome. I believe a blogger together is in order, grin.
Yes I have read about blogging conferences, but this would be a blogfest! 🙂
It would be too much fun!!! A writing get-together, can you imagine the inspiration we could draw from one another! 🙂
Yes and the drink would loosen us up and the beautiful scenery would be the icing on the cake.
I hope you’re feeling a bit better. I am loving all the posts from others showing where they live.
I am here so little these last days. I have much treasure hunting to do. I’m glad we all journey together through friends posts. Hugs
Bloggers’ party! Isn’t that cool?
It would be!
What a way to round off the day – off now to have a few virtual pints to wash down the dust of the day – bottoms up.
Slainte, I too will be “rounding off my day” shortly, but it might not be totally virtual!
What a lovely treat for Belinda! 🙂
I hope she enjoyed it and for you and maybe others it might have brought back some memories, although I left out the dodgy roads and sign posts!
Looks like a beautiful place in which to walk.
Oh it is absolutely gorgeous. It is almost unknown even here in Ireland so it is possible to go for a walk and not meet a car! There is no commercial area and it really is like stepping back in time.
Every time you show these photos of your scenery, I want you to invite me over! We could catch a spin class, while sipping on wine, then head over to the pub for beer and karaoke, where I will sing a lovely song by the Devinals to the locals! Belinda can come too…virtually or in real life! It’s beautiful! FEEL BETTER BELINDA 🙂
Bring your guitar! But no way are we wasting valuable drinking and singing time by going to a spinning class!
I cannot tell you how inspiring it is in Allihies. You are welcome any time! ( oh by the way Karaoke is way way way too modern for this place)
And Belinda will be first for a song!
You paint such a wonderful scene with words that I think I should come as an uninvited guest. Don’t be alarmed. Just joking.
I love company. You are most welcome! This is a great place to go if you want to see the Ireland you think we are.
Thank you. Will bear it in mind.
Lovely tour for Belinda. I’ve always wanted to visit Ireland.
I am glad you could make the tour. Maybe some day you will get to do it in real life!
I love this virtual tour, I have never been to Allihies, even though I live in Cork, so I think I will have to come along – we could always take the cable car to the island (preferably before the craic agus ceol!)
Oh you should definitely get to Allihies. As for Irelands only cable car, it was updated a few years ago (painted and a new door put on it). I remember being on it once with about four American tourists and the door wouldn’t close so we went over with it open. They were horrified as my youngest was about four at the time.
and I heard they sometimes brought sheep across with the visitors!! Picture the Americans image of Ireland after that one!
Yes I was there once when a farmer was bringing over a cow. He got to skip the queue and when the cow got out they hosed the cable car. Non Irish faces were a picture!
Such a lovely virtual tour of Ireland! Hope your friend Belinda gets better soon 🙂
I am glad you enjoyed it. Thanks. She is a fellow blogger who is pretty much stuck at home. However she has been to some great places on her virtual holidays posted by so many.
This is a lovely post for Belinda and I would love to visit there someday, too!
I hope you do get the chance someday. You never know.
Well, first we pay for college! 🙂
I tagged along…that was a great trip!!:)
You were welcome. That was only a day, imagine if we had a week. 🙂