Great Final Day in Kilkenny

Hi All.

Today was spent  in the city of Kilkenny.   It is an old medieval city about an hour and a half southwest of Dublin.   The centerpiece of the city is the Kilkenny Castle which is pictured behind Bob on the right.   It has been painstakingly restored to its original splendor.   What an amazing place.   We were not allowed to take pictures inside, so we are hoping our memories will be solid in our gray heads!    We also took a guided walking tour of the city which gave us lots of interesting background info about the city.

We strolled the cobbled streets, ate, drank beer and finally ended the day with a fun experience at the most famous pub in the city.   It run by a woman who was charged with being a witch!   It was so cool inside.   But the really fun part was our lesson on playing the  bodhran (pronounced bo ron)-a traditional Irish drum.   We don't know how good we were, but it probably helped that we had already had a couple pints!
After we left this pub  at about 7:30 and headed back to our car, we happened to pass another pub with traditional Irish music being played and of course we couldn't resist more music and of course, another pint (only for Deb since Bob was going to drive back to Dublin)!

Needless to say, it was such a fun day.

Hugs,

B and D