Friday, July 20, 2007

Blarney Castle



Well, we have over 800 pictures from our trip to England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Here is one of our favorites. The Blarney Castle! It was amazing to see such old structures and to think that peope actually lived in these castles. This castle is most famous for the Blarney Stone. We paid a lot of money to get into the grounds area just to view the castle, but luckily it was free to kiss the Blarney stone, along with millions of other people... Hmmm. Best kiss I ever had! Ryan didn't want to do much kissing, although he did kiss me afterward... The legend is that if you kiss the blarney stone, you have the gift of eloquence... Not sure if I have it yet though... You have to sit down, lean back and then hang upside down to make it happen... There is an older guy sitting there also, hoping to get a tip, who helps lower each person down to kiss the stone. Boy was that fun!
Here I am making contact... Just as I leaned back to kiss the stone, the guy helping me said, "Let's see how this pretty girl kisses in the daytime!" We had a good laugh...
This was just ONE of many amazing and beautiful sites and experiences we had on our journey. You should all go, it was such fun!!!