Off to Cork

So yer man (me) went to Cork this weekend. Perhaps shouldn't have gone because I was feeling quite sick Thursday and Friday, but I had bought the tickets and really didn't want to bail. Luckily I started feeling better on Saturday and by Monday was doing quite well. I went to see my friend Susie who lives there now. Some of you may have met her when she was in New York visiting while living in Boston about a year ago.

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Anyway, had a really nice time. On Friday night I met Susie at the reception for her friend's wedding at a great hotel called the Maryborough House Hotel (http://www.maryborough.com). Lucky for me it was a black tie event, so I got to look good in my tux for a few hours. Had a nice time and met a lot of her fun Irish friends, but had to take off early-ish due to illness. Darn.

Saturday we went to a barbeque at the groom's house and I got to see a bit of "behind the scenes" Irish life. It was such fun to sit with all these people who went to high school together and hear them tell stories from growing up. Sounded a lot like Connecticut!

Sunday Susie and I headed over down to the southern shore of Ireland to a small town called Kinsale. It was really nice and I took a load of pictures. Had lunch at a great pub called Bulmans and then sat outside with what felt like the whole town and had a few beers by the water. A few boats came in and people would have a pint while the kids played in the water. Seemed like a pretty good way to spend a Sunday.

So went back to London on Monday morning and spent the rest of the day lounging in the sun in my hammock. A pretty good way to spend a Monday....

Cheers!
dAn