Still fitting it all in 1 bag each! Gotta love RyanAir's baggage restrictions!
Instead of hanging out in Dublin for a few days until we flew back to the US my Cousin Bob invited us to stay with him and his girlfriend Madeline out in the countryside!! When we first arrived we were nervous we wouldn't be able to find them (I have never met Cousin Bob) but immediately Greg was able to pick him out due to the immense family resemblance to my dad and his brothers!! After a quick stop for tea and cakes we went to Madeline's awesome house, which is about 10 miles from Kilkenny.
We had a lovely time talking, great food, and then after dinner the kids taught us a traditional Irish game called hurling. Kinda like lacrosse/football/ and soccer combined and without any pads except a helmet.
Catching up with Cousin Bob before dinner
Hurling in the backyard!!
The next day we went and explored Kilkenny. We climbed the tower at the old church. From there we could see all of Kilkenny. Inside the tower there is a little man at a little desk who collects the money to go up...what a job.
An old abandoned church.
View of the Smithwick's Brewery from the tower.
Climbing the tower
Where my cousin works and us walking around town. Music at a REAL Irish pub!
The last night we went out to a pub (a REAL Irish pub) to hear some real Irish music. It was pretty awesome and we had a wonderful time hanging out with Cousin Bob and Madeline. There was this old man (the blur in the dark blue shirt in the photo below) who would fall asleep and then wake up and nod his head while the accordion player, guitarist, and harmonica played. I thought this was quite entertaining. As I looked around at the many photographs on the wall I saw a picture of the same trio of musicians and the same old man, only they all had darker hair, and more of it. They were even sitting in the exact same places!
We had a wonderful time in the green countryside of Ireland! We hope to do a video post soon of our best videos from Europe soon. Thanks for reading and stay tuned!
ahahaha! so now we know what dad would look like with hair! you know our middle aged sons are going to look just like a hughes brother, you may as well accept it
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