Cork, Ireland – Aug 8

Overcast and 19 degrees

Another walking tour today before a bus ride. Cork is a smaller town populations wise than Dublin is, but seems more like more is happening – maybe I’m wrong, but that is how things seem.

We start at Holy Trinity church - the first church we have stepped foot in on this entire vacation. This is a beautiful old-ish church that our guide makes sure to tell us is old, but not as old as it looks like – the architect took elements of other churches he liked and made this church.

Next we wander near the river Lee which the city centre straddles. Shops, pubs, restaurants etc are throughout this city centre, but also the bits from many years ago – which our guide is expert at describing.

Our tour ends by visiting Cork’s 400-year-old English Market – a very interesting, charming place which is a typical market, but that has a TON of fish, there is a fish there that is bigger than ME!