Kissing the Blarney Stone

Today we ventured out to Blarney to visit the Blarney castle and kiss the infamous 'Blarney Stone'. Legend has it that if you kiss this stone then you will recieve the gift of eloquence or the ' gift of gab'. It was super rainy today but we all loved it because its the first day its rained here since we arrived! It was truly an Irish experience. Here are some pictures of the castle:

Before we went to the top we went into the dungeon which was this little crawl space that was super creepy but it felt like we were crawling through caves. Here is a picture of my roommate attempting it:

Here are some pictures from the inside of the castle:

In order to kiss the Blarney Stone you have to lay on your back and lean backwards over this ledge to kiss it (mind you its at the top tier of the castle and its a straight drop down). Here is a picture of me kissing it:

I am doing really great here, happy and healthy as far as I can tell! I miss you all (I feel like I say that a lot but its true!) and hope that you are all happy and healthy in your parts of the world as well! hugs and kisses from Ireland!

-abby