The first day in Ireland is summed up on a t-shirt. The four seasons of Ireland, winter=rain, spring=rain, summer=rain, autumn=rain. It was cold and windy so it was lucky that we were enroute to the Waterford crystal factory. I had this visit pegged as boring but how wrong I was. The full sized hallclock greeted as at the entry, siting opposite a crystal glass taller than me. We were toured thru the factory and saw how labour intensive this craft is. Fro...

All the winter woolies out today. If feels like Methven here, the clouds were hanging metres from the ground and the air is thick and damp. We headed to Killarney where we were taking an optional jaunting ride (horse and carriage ride) into the town. Our tour guide had undersold it., he had simplyt said, its one of those things you should do, like taking a Gondola in Venice, you need to take a jaunting ride in Killarney. Starting with the fact that ou...