Continuing along the southern coast we visited a number of towns before arriving in the city of Cork, Ireland's second largest city. While there, we attended a Baptist church service and then toured the city, being sure to arrive at Blarney Castle to kiss the Blarney Stone (ask me about it).
From there we drove to Waterford to its tour showroom, to see crystal goblets being made in its factory; then on to Dublin.
We stayed at a B&B in the suburb of Bray, which allowed us to take a metro train into center city rather than using a car. The room was VERY SMALL, but livable. The first morning I stepped into the shower and RIGHT OUT AGAIN!! The landlady had neglected to tell us that we needed to feed quarters into the water meter to get hot water.
Dublin is a very cosmopolitan city. At this time it was beginning to attract foreign firms because of a well-edcuated populace that was willling and able to work; firms like IBM, FORD, DUPONT and others. Ther are members of my family who work for these corporations. It is a city of beautiful parks, museums, theatres, coupled with a lot of interesting history. Our first stop was at TRINITY COLLEGE, to see the BOOK OF KELLS, a ninth century, beautifully illustrated manuscript of the Christian Gospel. My late cousin, Robert Fisher, was a Trinity alumnus.
The one depressing sight in the city included children begging for money. Somehow that didn't seem to fit the picture of what that city should be.
More, later
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