Day 1: Kilkenny (Kilkenny Castle)

After another very bad night’s sleep, we woke late and barely had time to get coffee and stumble down to the hotel lobby for the official start of Competitours Europe 2026.  

Ari (our fearless leader and mastermind of all we will endure) and Steve his mentor/henchman led us off to a short walk to Kilkenny Castle.  Our first challenge was a brief scavenger hunt that was just to ease us into the game. Russell and I teamed up with Lauren, whose teammate had to drop out at the last minute, so she is running solo.

After the scavenger hunt we gathered at a pub where the owner, Tommy, fed us Irish stew made from his dad’s recipe.Read more