Weekend in Ireland: Part Two

The second day in Ireland was certainly full of adventure! We left our hostel early in the morning and drove for almost two hours to Killarney, where we planned on kayaking and biking around the forest. By the time we arrived in Killarney the weather had shifted considerably and it was bitterly cold and VERY windy (apparently it was a record warm weather day for Ireland in October).Because it was so windy and due to the fact that I was battling a bad case of the flu it was decided that I should not go kayaking and risk getting sicker; therefore while everyone else was on the lake, I was in town enjoying a cappuccino and rhubarb pie! When I returned to the designated meeting area in the forest, we discovered that the rest of the girls had been blown so hard by the wind that they had capsized and were completely off course; one of the girls was able to make it back to shore but search and rescue helicopters had to be called in to locate the other girls and bring them back...so as it turns out the flu saved me from a disastrous kayaking trip! Once most of the girls were back on shore (the last girl took about three hours to be located and united with the rest of us) we set out on a hiking trip through Torc Mt. I absolutely loved hiking through Torc, the views and surrounding nature were breathtaking and the air smelled so clean and crisp compared to the nasty polluted London air. Once we were done with the hike, we drove back to Cork and had another amazing night of dinner and dancing in Irish pubs!