The Blarney Stone

We arrived at the pretty seaport of Cobh at 7:00 this morning. This is the port where most Irish emigrated to America. We had an early excursion to visit the Blarney Castle. It started off not so well and that continued - guess some days are like that.
We arrived at the Princess Theater for our excursion at the very early hour of 6:45. About 7:15, they announced that the busses had been parked in the wrong order so another excursion would get their busses before us. 10 bus loads later, at 7:50 we finally got to our bus. When we arrived at Blarney Castle we found that those 10 busses plus a few more were already there so the lines were very long. We had 1 hour 45 minutes before our bus left and the line was estimated at 1 hour long so I got in line to climb the castle while Mary toured the grounds and did some shopping. Well, 1 hour 40 minutes later I got to the top of the castle and did a quick kiss of the Blarney Stone. A 15 minute walk later I got back to the bus 10 minutes late which was thankfully! still there.
After we got back to the ship we had lunch and relaxed. I played Wii-Archery and got a medal, but came in 3rd in putt-putt golf. It was a warm sunny day so we swam, enjoyed a lobster supper and to top it off they had Mary's favorite dessert - Floating Islands tonight.
We enjoyed the final floor show in the Princess Theater and called it a night. Guernsey Island tomorrow, then packing and preparing to head home.