Kilkenny

Tennille, Bridget and I went to Kilkenny last weekend just to get out of the city. It’s about a two hour bus trip south westish from here. Tennille and I went down on Saturday while Bridget nursed a migraine and caught up on her sleep. Friday night we stayed at Foulksrath Castle, a 16th century castle turned hostel. It’s also said to be haunted. It is about a 20 euro taxi journey from the city center but it was well worth it. I didn’t get any ghost vibes or anything and there aren’t any odd shadows in our photos. We went out to a couple of places that were recommended to us by people from work. Kilkenny is a popular place for hen and stag parties so the nightlife on the weekends is super good. The highlight of the night was Langtons, a hotel/nightclub. They had a live band for the first part of the night and a d.j. after that. It was a blast. Sunday we met up with Bridget and had some brunch at the Marble City Tea Room...delicious. Then we checked in to our new hostel for the night, Mac Gabhainns Backpackers Hostel. This one was right in the city center. Very nice. They gave us the four bedded en suite to ourselves so it didn’t even really feel like a hostel. We then did the obligatory Kilkenny Castle tour. It was really good. They also have a small art gallery in the basement which had a super awesome show going on, it was the art of Atsushi Kaga (www.atsushikaga.com). It’s the kind of art that’s right up my alley. There are loads of cute little boutiques in the city so we did some shopping for the rest of the afternoon. We had some really good meals too. I didn’t want to leave on Monday. It’s the kind of place that I could see myself living in. Good shopping, good eats, good nightlife, small town feel. See my photos in the Kilkenny link above.
On a sad note, Bridget bought her plane ticket home. She goes for good on November 11th. It’s a long and complicated story but the gist is she hates work enough to go back home. We’ll be very sad to see her go. Tennille will be taking over her room at least.
Happy Birthday Chandra (I bought her New Kids On The Block tickets for me and her in January)!