Day 3

Thank the Lord for pizza...
Have you ever noticed that Irish food is rarely or never featured in cooking shows, food competitions or on travel channel type shows? It's because Irish food sucks. No one wants to see top chefs compete to make the best bangers and mash or Irish stew. People don't go to Ireland for the food. It's not good, it's expensive, and the portions are small. So far, I am not impressed with Ireland's culinary achievements. Thank goodness for the domino's pizza by our hotel or I would be starving right now. Also, the Irish don't put sugar in anything and the coke here tastes weird. I miss the US.
Today we went from Shannon to Dublin via Blarney so we could see Blarney castle. The castle contains half of the Blarney stone, which was given to the Irish from Robert the Bruce for their help in the war of Bannickburn (spelling?) (think of the movie Braveheart). The stone is located on the top of the castle, and if you kiss it, it is supposed to give to eloquence, or the gift of the gab. To kiss it you have to lay on your back and bend over backwards (it's a little awkward). The castle is beautiful and I would have preferred to spend the whole day there.
After the castle, we went to Dublin where we ate dinner (if you could call it that) and then went to the hotel for the night. I am looking forward to sleeping.