Here is the Cork update!! There’s at least one more post for today after this! Pictures will be added soon I promise! It’s hard to upload so much plus pictures on the wifi here so please bear with me!
Enjoy!!!
Alrighty, so the bus ride from Belfast to Dublin wasn’t bad but very very cold. Since we were soaked from walking in the rain we couldn’t get warm. I swear the bus driver didn’t turn the heat on at all. We made it back to Dublin and had a little over an hour to waste before our bus to Cork left. We went to the little café in the bus station and got hot chocolates and breakfast. They have MARSHMALLOWS in Ireland! Oh how I’ve missed marshmallows in my hot chocolate. After a bit we boarded a very packed bus to Cork.
The ride to Cork is about 4 hours including a 30 min pit stop about halfway. We were sitting towards the back of the bus and I had fun listening to conversation between the three girls behind us and the two guys in front of them. Turns out the guy knew her sister, small world! One girl had to pee really bad and asked the driver when the stop would be. She had about 15 minutes to wait. I didn’t think she’d make it haha! I’ve never seen someone run off a bus so quickly. I don’t even think the bus was turned off yet! At the petrol station was a great selection of sandwiches, chips, and juice. I got a yummy BLT, Doritos, and an Orange Juice. The next half of the trip went by quickly. The landscape again was beautiful. We played word games and listened to music the rest of the way.
We finally arrived and had no idea where the Bed and Breakfast was that we were staying at. We splurged a bit on the last part of the trip because 1 we knew we’d be exhausted and tired of random roommates and 2 none of the hostels made the cut based on ratings. We stayed at a lovely Bed and Breakfast called Belvedere Lodge. I highly recommend it! Staff is really nice and the rooms are cozy, plus there are bathtubs! If you haven’t seen a bathtub in 6 months you’d be happy too haha! So we caught a cab and checked in. It was around 2 in the afternoon and we were exhausted so we just chilled. We’d decided that since the touristy things weren’t really running since we were in the off season that Cork would be the relaxing part of the trip. We just chilled in the room, surfed the net, and I watched an ep or two of Warehouse 13 on Netflix. When we finally got hungry we decided to go out to dinner. We made it to the second petrol station, which was maybe a 2min walk from the Lodge and decided to just get sandwiches for dinner. Haha! They were delicious and cheap!!
Sitting Room
Little Gazebo outside our room
That night we watched a funky dating show on tv. It was hilarious! The poor guys never stood a chance based on what they had to say and such. I’m surprised the one even got a date! The next day we wandered Cork. There’s a great shopping street off of St. Patrick’s Street. We grabbed lunch at a little café and then shopped. I bought a great women’s rugby shirt that I could wear for St Patrick’s Day. We also found a great little bookstore and got books for the journey home. I got Patricia Cornwell’s first book Post Mortem. I haven’t finished it yet but I’m loving it so far! We also grabbed some much needed face product that we can’t find in Austria haha! Then we grabbed dinner to go from a Subway and caught a cab back to the Lodge. We went back to the petrol station for drinks and chips for our meal and snacks/ breakfast for the trip back the next day. Another relaxing night of packing and reading before the trip home.
The next day a cab met us at 6 and took us to the station. We waited a bit for the bus then boarded. We got brunch at the pit stop then we were back in Dublin before we knew it. We had a while before our flight since it was at 5 and it was only around Noon. We decided to catch the bus to the Airport and eat dinner there. Of course RyanAir wouldn’t let us check in until two hours before our flight. So we did what we do best, we found a Starbucks. Finally we checked in and set out to find our gate then food. First we found a lovely giftshop and I got a few things for family. Then we found a Burger King which was the best Burger King this side of the ocean as fat as I’m concerned.
At last we reached our gate and waited to board. I wasn’t ready to leave, I really could have stayed there forever. The people are so friendly and there’s so much history and love for the country. Well we boarded and I may have cried once we took off. I hope to one day make it back and see more of the country!
This update is much shorter than the others as we didn’t do much but all in all had fun.
Next up: St. Patrick’s Day in Salzburg! –Once again another shorter post but hey it’s an update right?
-A
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