Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Say hello to the professional whisky taster























Say hello to the professional whisky taster :)

Oh what a crazy day.
after writing my last page yesterday I came back to my hostel and there I've met Tim.
After a short chat he agreed to come with me to another castle (can't remember it's name) and that was the first thing we've done in the morning after breakfast is to go to that castle. Tim has a car what we thought will make things mach more convenient. Of course we weren't absolutely right, we've found out that the signs in Ireland really likes to play hide and seek, sometimes they are behind the trees, sometimes inside the bushes, sometimes they are behind you, and sometimes they are in the junction itself so you can see them only after you've made the turn. finally we've made it to the castle and it was closed until 11:00 am. Luckily I've bought yesterday's evening a pack of cards, so we could play Doorak near the castle.
The castle was nice, you know, all those stories about noble people who killed all their family and finally found themselves locked in a prison. I thought that was the time for me to leave to Killarney but Tim said that there is a whiskey distillery nearby... and you know me, will I say no to whisky?
So we went there and you can see the pictures. At the end of the tour the instructor asked for a volunteer, and like I learned in the army... you know the answer ;)
The instructor asked us to taste 5 types of different whisky and to say which is the best.. nice test I must say :) so after drinking a lot of whisky I've got a note of a professional whisky taster :) So Schoona, now I'm a professional whisky taster.
After the whisky distilleries we decided to go to an old military castle, this was actually a modern castle which was built to defend the Irish port on the 16th century. there I had the time to tell all my stories on the art of war (Tim was very interested). there was a great view from the castle and when i went to the guarding post I felt like I'm in the top of the world, there was a sunny weather and a very powerful wind there and no matter how mach I will write I will never be able to describe the feeling up there (but at least you've got some pictures of the place)... mmm I guess that's it, after that I've said goodbye to Tim and took the bus to Killarney with a promise that i will meet him in two days. that's it for now... I'm now in Killarney and my hostel is 8 km far from me and I have no clue how i'm going to get there, but you know me, I'll be alright :)
have a nice time where ever you are, and Melany I'm coming back at the 26... prepare the pubs ;)
See ya all Love you and I know my english is bad, but the internet here is too expensive for grammer check.
Yours:

The Batlan!