the rest.............

We were done with the shops and had eaten and seen the city sites but were not ready to go back to the hotel. so I asked a cabby about different places to go and see. He said most go to the town of Kinsale with the tourist sites and then go to Blarney Castle. but he said he knew of a place near the sea called Crosshaven it is a very old village buildings from year 1100) and has very nice scenery, he also said it is the place that the round-the-world sailing yacht races go into. Well as Annapolis lovers we said lets go!
What a place!! very much off the beaten path but it just gave us a chance to see that much more. theres one pic up of the local village center that I had forgotten to take a picture of untill we were leaving, thats why its taken from inside the car. the others are of a lookout point where the guy that drove us goes to hike down and go fishing. The boys were begging us to take them down to the caves but we didnt want to give Devon the chance at drowning us so we moved on. Lesson learned, This is the way to see Ireland! not the usual tourist traps but just wing it! There is question as to whether people have been kissing the wrong stone for hundreds of years at Blarney Castle anyways. And I dont think I could have resisted the chance to do something to the stone that Stace would yell at me for anyway.
Very much looking forward to going back someday but I hear of some coastal villages in England and Whales that have caves and are nice for the kids so maybe we'll do that first.

BTW if this doesnt make a whole lot of sense...you missed the last post!