It is Friday, Day 10 on our cruise to Ireland and we have finally arrived in the land of leprechaun, rolling green hills dotted with sheep or content dairy cows, rocky wild Coast line and cabin toilets that don’t work properly.
Hmmm, I seem to remember another cruise that had toilet issues....China 2018. Then it was just our toilet that didn’t give butt hickeys, but today’s problem appears to be more wide spread, like the entire port side of the vessel. Guest services suggests that it maybe sometime before they have the problem in hand. Let’s hope so as the Admiral will become quite cranky if the throne room is not able to accommodate his royalness. Thankful, we are on the top of the ship with the Sky Lounge bathroom a short walk away. Who knew I would get my 10,000 steps in between here and there before disembarking for Cork.
We have been to the town of Cobb/Cork before, however we did not actual see Cork, we toured the Ring of Kerry. So, as we are in Cork on both legs of this journey I had set out to correct that as Cork has a long history as a port town-even before the Vikings. It also has some great churches to visit. When planning our days, I do lots of research and book pretty far (300 days out) in advance for private touring options. We were originally here tomorrow, Saturday, but after three different itinerary changes , our original Whiskey walking tour was not available on the days that we were scheduled to be in port. As we are not the only ship in port, the other options had been snapped up. Plan B as we have a private tour for part 2 in Cork, Kinsdale, Charles Fort in 10 days, we decided on a Ship Board excursion. A cooking class, with market shopping, and seaweed collecting. Yeah, I know, but we are kitchen nerds. Four days ago that was cancelled due to lack of interest among our fellow passengers...imagine that, of the 3,000 other folks on board, there are no aspiring chefs. So, on to the Plan C. We decided to take ship board tour to Cork, which included the Jameson Irish Whiskey tour...in the afternoon, so Sleeping Beauty did not have to get up early. But not before we had another onboard change of locations for the Port of Cobh. Celebrity was kicked out of the quaint Cobh cruise terminal. Yeah, 5,900 big boat cruisers + 3,000 medium boat cruisers = 8,900 cruisers, plus crews in a quaint Irish town. We are currently docked 35 minutes away in the less than charming Rindaskiddy industrial port, where nothing is close...but they will have buses (at Celebrity’s expense) to take us to Cork and back. When that happened, Plan C promptly feel apart as most all that had booked for $79.95 a head bus tour determined free was better. Collapse of Plan C. Oh yeah, as part of our 36 hour overnight in Cobh, they will move the ship this evening at 6:30-8:30, so the remaining hours will be in the quaint Cobh port. So, we have downloaded a walking map of Cork, grabbed our brolly and jackets as it is cold and damp with a good chance of rain...and will be bus bound for the town of Cork.
Gee, I hope the rest of our stops are not as adventure filled as this one has been...I guess I am getting too old for fire drills....or potty drills.
L
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