Off to Limerick and Cork..

Our train this morning was at 730 am so we were all up bright and early and walked to the train station which was just across the street.  We were all on the same train for the first hour.  Wayne, mom and me got off after about and hour to change trains and head onto Cork.  Sue, Mike, Maureen and Scott headed off to limerick for their last night.

We arrived in Cork about 9am.  I had very specific instructions on how to get to our house.  The first and most daunting  part was a set of stairs we need to climb..,we made it and finally made it to our BB the Gabriel house.  They were quite surprised to see us so early..it is practically the middle of the night..lol...  One of our rooms was ready so we dropped our bags and off we went to explore the town.  We had to decide what we wanted to do for the day since the idea of climbing the hill to our BB several times a day was not a great option.


We wandered around town and made our way to the Engligh Market which is one of the oldest markets in Europe.  I do not think it has anything on the reading terminal market but if was neat. We had breakfast at the farmers cafe, everything is sourced from the Market itself.   We went to the visitor center and booked tickets for the bus tour around town.  It was our first rainy day so walking around  was not a very exciting prospect.  The bus took us past all the main sites of Cork.  We hopped off at the Cork Goal which is the city prison and took a self guided tour.  Then back on the bus to finish the tour..

Once we were back in town we wandered around a few small street and came across a chocolate shop which made the best hot chocolate.  Wayne had White , mom milk and I had a mixture of both.  Really delicious.  Now it was definately nap time.  We climbed the hill to our bb and rested for a few hours before heading back out on the town.  We had dinner at the Market Cafe which was on the top of my list.  We were Early so were able to get a table right away.  Our meal was delicious! Wayne had tuna steak, I had a goat cheese cannoli and mom a prawn and rice dish.  We arrived the said they had a table but we need to be finished by 825.. Which gave us and hour and 45 minutes to eat.  I love how they do not rush you in Europe

This time we decided we would hop in a cab and head back to the hotel.

 Tomorrow off on more tours.

Fitbit tracker 15002 steps 6.66 miles.