Day 15 Cork, Ireland

A long day but it finished well. We left our flat at 10am, lugging our suitcases down the many flights of stairs in the flat, to a nearby bus stop, hauling them on board and then off the bus, lugging them down many steps of the subway and then onto a tube bound for Heathrow. Then off the train, around the airport and finally checking them in to arrive on Cork- talk about a work out! Our plane was delayed half an hour but finally boarded at 2 30. The air hostess was lovely, but now we can see why Air NZ is so highly rated. The plane was basically moving before everyone was sitting and the checks they did were scant. Nothing but water offered during the flight and it all seemed very basic. We were however flying on the busiest day for Heathrow in three years! Our accomodation in Cork is above a pub- that is three narrow flights of stairs above the street. More heavy lifting! We rewarded ourselves with a mini pub crawl around the main area which is really close. Every pub was full and there were many people out with it being Friday night before Christmas. Fun though and great atmosphere. We then returned to the pub below where we are staying for a beautiful pub dinner. It was a lovely end to a long day. Hope we get some sleep as ear plugs provided and lots of jovial noise coming up from below.Lue lisää