March 30th & 31st - Kinsale, Beara Peninsula and Killarney

Next day brought me my first full Irish breakfast. There was a good variety of food to chose from - fresh juices, cereals, breads, and of course the full Irish breakfast (eggs, white and black blood sausage, regular sausage, and bacon.....can you hear your arteries clogging?). I tried both blood sausages but only liked the white. After checking out we went to explore Charles Fort (a 17th century star shaped fort), and then went on our way to the Beara Peninsula. We stopped for a break in Bantry (had a snack at the Wheelhouse Bar at O'Callahan's/ the Bantry Bay Hotel) before exploring that peninsula. I personally think this was the prettiest area, of course this was also the best day we had weatherwise so that could have helped! We had some rain, but a good chunk of sunshine - we also saw 2 rainbows. Dinner was back at our "home" in Aghadoe.
The last day of March was a lazy day for us.....we decided not to go too far from home. Mom wasn't feeling the best, and I think we were all kind of tired of being in the car for so long. The day was partly sunny, and partly rainy. We all went down to the church in Aghadoe to look around and take some pictures, then Dad & I went into Killarney City to do a little exploring (since I hadn't been here yet), and to find an internet cafe. We ended up going to the library, where we were able to use the internet for a little bit (I think it was 15 minutes) for no charge. Killarney is also where I had my first Bailey's Truffle (WOW! A friend at home had told me about these truffles so I was anxious to try one.....boy, it was amazing!). We went back to the house to relax and do some laundry before going back into Killarney for dinner. We had dinner at O'Riains Pub, and I finally had my first Guinness (yummy). We chose this pub as it advertised "trad" Irish music after 10pm - something we wanted to listen to. Dad went upstairs to check it out, and came right back down explaining that the girl was singing "Rhinestone Cowboy" - not exactly traditional Irish music in our opinion, so we went home.