Killarney

Good morning everyone :)

Today I am going to tell you about the first weekend of February (yes, we are finally getting closer to May...).

A lot of things were planned for that weekend and I must say everything just worked out perfectly! Writing about it three months later is funny but it was very nice looking through the pictures again and somehow it feels like yesterday. Time is going by so quickly...too quickly. I'm having such a good time and I'm trying to see and experience as much as I can. School will be finished by the end of the month which already makes me sad but there's nothing I can do about it but enjoy and take in as much as I can. But enough now with the melancholy. Back to the weekend in Killarney. 

Briefly, this is what happened: 

Friday
Going to the orthodontist (my wire kept popping out...)
Meet Nadine
Go to Future Sounds (Music Festival)

Saturday
National Park with Nadine

Sunday 
See the boys' rugby match


Some of the pictures were taken by Nadine, so thanks for letting me post them!! :)

Friday 

So, after I got sorted at the orthodontist I met up with Nadine and we strolled around Killarney for a bit, where we even bumped into Siobhán :D

Later in the evening, I went down to the Gleneagle Apartments, and from there our "gang" went to the festival literally next door. It was a great evening! Although it was not very busy, we were dancing and singing and I got to know the band "All Tvvins" among others. "Le Galaxie" were supposed to play too but they didn't show up. The best part of that evening was the silent disco. Yes, you've read right. I haven't been to one before so it was really really cool. You get headphones with two channels that play music. You can switch between them as much as you like and so it happened that half of us were dancing to Irish folk music and the other half to "Cheap Thrills" at one point. Extremely funny! And of course the South Kerry gang kept the party going, dancing on the stage etc. After the last DJ was finished, we made our way to the apartment, had a few drinks and went to bed. The next morning though, we were thrown out of bed by the staff at ten in the morning .... too early :D

Áine, her friend Ellen and I :) 

Living room and part of the kitchen in the apartment

Saturday 

After we've had breakfast in the hotel I met up with Nadine again and we wanted to go to the National Park. Being my father's daughter, I left my walking boots in Paul's car but he wasn't too far yet and so got them back :) 

And then it started raining ... We were hoping it would get better soon and took a taxi to the Muckross House but it only got worse. Hence, we decided to join a tour through the house, which we were very impressed by. It even made us watch two episodes of Downton Abby that same night. Getting back outside, the weather still hadn't changed so we got a cup of coffee and finally it cleared up so we started our hike. And from there on we had the most amazing weather. We stopped at a lake for lunch, saw the Torc waterfall and almost didn't get out of the "park" before it was dark. We had to stop every two minutes on the way back to take pictures :D

In the evening, we went out for a drink and watched Downton Abby. Very nice and quiet :)

Beautiful gardens

A rainbow! A promise!

Sunday

Sunday morning, Nadine and I had a very rebellious idea and went to mass in the church in Killarney. It was very boring :( People aren't even singing there... But at least I can say I went to mass here in Ireland ;)

After mass, the boys picked me up and we went to a rugby match. While I was watching this, I was talking to four friends, arranging their visit in April :) 

The day finished with dinner in The Mills (one of our favorite pubs/restaurants on the way home from Cork). 

Go Eagles!!!!

All in all, it was a great weekend with lots of craic :P