Next stop, Bunratty Castle. Bunratty was built in the 1400s and is in amazing shape. It has furnishings from the same period of time. There was a table in one room that was 500 years old and made from one single piece of oak. The edges were indented from people cleaning their knives on the edges. Amazing! There was also a figure set into the wall that legend has, if you rub it, you would be blessed with twins within a year. 40 kids stepped way back!
This is Nick!
From there, we had about an hour and a half or more to explore an adjacent folk park. There were all sorts of little shops, a tea house, restaurants (where we had lunch), along with some turkeys and chickens.
By the time our day at Bunratty was complete, we had 40 exhausted delegates...and 4 exhausted leaders! We had a 3 hour bus ride to Caheverseen. I know I was excited to see the beautiful green, lush, Irish countryside...instead, our bus driver had a very quiet drive with 44 sleeping Americans!
We went to a high school where we had a presentation on the history of Caheverseen and a littel bit more about Ireland.
Do any of you remember seeing this man playing?
Everyone is now settled down in their guest homes...I'm sure there will be some deep sleeping tonight!
It's the end of Day 1!
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