Tuesday, May 19, 2009

The latest from Ireland

As many of you know, I am in Ireland right now for work. I know, its a difficult job, but somebody had to jump on that grenade. Anyway, I made a list of things that I wanted to do while I was here. 1. see some castles 2. see some cool landscape 3. kiss the Blarney Stone 4. eat traditional shepard's pie 5. See an Irish Jig 6. Meet Colin Farrell and/or the Dropkick Murphy's. So far, I have acomplished all of those except for the last two. It is so beautiful here. Since I have been here, I think the sun has only been out for about 4 hours. It rains all the time. We rented a car, and it is nuts driving on the wrong side of the road and don't get me started on the roundabouts. I am having a blast, but I do really miss my family. I love you Lisa, Peyton, and Baxter!
In front of the Blarney Castle
This is the Bunratty Castle across the street from our hotel.

Here is the Irish Dwight from the Office. This guy was hilarious and he played the part of Dwight in this presentation too. It was awesome.


Here is my shepherd's pie. It was very good. I always thought that traditional shephard's pie would be made of lamb, but sure enough, it was ground beef. Oh well, I did have traditional lamb stew. Very awesome!



Here I am kissing the blarney stone upside down. I had mixed emotions about this. It better pay off!
And yes, that is a 80ft drop below me.




2 comments:

Lisa, Andy, Peyton, and Baxter said...

yay! i love the pictures andy! i am glad you kissed the blarney stone. i hope you don't get sick. i hope to get to talk to you tomorrow. we miss you and love you very much! i love you!

San Tan Stake Eagle Specialist said...

Hey, if you have to be in Ireland without Lisa, at least you are there with someone you are friends with. Tell Gerig hi from us. I hope you sterilized your lips after kissing the blarney stone. Not sure if I'd do that or not. Be safe. We love you!