Helicopter Lesson in Cork

 

Today we were at the Cork Airport as Denny wanted to use the SkyWest Aviation voucher for a Helicopter lesson he got from his daughter last Christmas . The weather was perfect, sunshine, partly blue sky,only a few small clouds and a mild breeze. John, the pilot who was teaching Denny, how to fly the Robinson Helicopter, was very nice and made my husband very comfortable in the Chopper, actually too comfortable, as Denny wants to go back soon for more lessons!

 

Photos by Margit Anna Doyle

Baltimore and surroundings ( West Cork)

 

 

As every year for the past few years, we are back in West Cork again. We stayed in a B&B in Baltimore, which had a beautiful view as you can see. There is a Baltimore in the USA, which is much bigger than the Irish one, but the American was named after the small village in Ireland.

 

         

In 1169 the Normans arrived into Ireland and one of the first to arrive with Strongbow was Robert FitzStephen. Within a few years King Henry ll granted FitzStephen half of the kingdom of Cork to settle a colony in the area. The castle became the main seat of the O’Driscolls in 1261 for the next four hundred years. It was used as a centre of administration for trading activities and collection of taxes from foreign traders frequenting the port. In the middle and later-middle ages therefore, the O’Driscolls enjoyed a prosperous lifestyle.

 

The next morning we went along the shore, looking for a place called Cunnamore, as we had planned to take a ferry to visit Heir Island.

 

We did not go to Heir Island at the end, but we enjoyed the amazing views on the way to the Pier.

 

There are lovely little coves, which you will find sometimes accidently, when you leave the main roads. I found it is worth it to do that!

 

 

 

 

We went into the smallest, tightest side roads, not knowing what would wait for us and we went also up and down  hills and mountains and found the most beautiful sights we did not know existed.

 



On our way back home, we headed in the direction Killarney first. Before I forget, I would suggest to look around and compare the prices of the accommodations, because we were disappointed when we found out afterwards, that we could have got rooms in a hotel for the same price as we paid for the one in our B&B. We would have preferred to stay in a hotel as it is more comfortable and you can enjoy the evenings in their bars.

 

My husband found the poor donkeys looked like politicians, I thought they look nicer!

 

You will find more photos about beautiful West Cork in my photo blog soon ( see link on side board)

 

 

Photos by Margit Anna Doyle



In Erinnerung an meine geliebten Eltern

"In loving memory of my dear parents"

Meine Mama waere heute 89 Jahre alt geworden und mein Papa haette vor ein paar Tagen seinen 90er gefeiert. Der Mai war das Monat, in dem meine Eltern geboren wurden und leider auch das Monat, in dem Vater zu Grabe getragen wurde.
Gerne erinnere ich mich an die wunderschoenen Maitage, an denen die Familie zusammenkam, um mit den Eltern zu feiern.
Mein Vater war leidenschaftlicher Hobbygaertner und weil er Blumen so sehr liebte, wurde er an seinem Geburtstag stets damit eingedeckt. Es war herrlich, wie der Innenhof jedes Jahr mit Blumen in den verschiedensten Formen und Farben geschmueckt wurde. Wie gerne sass ich mit meinen Eltern auf der Terrasse, oftmals schweigend und nur die Natur geniessend. Es gab so viele schoene Momente mit ihnen, die ich in meinem Geiste fuer immer aufheben moechte.
LIEBE MAMA UND LIEBER PAPA, ICH VERMISSE EUCH SO SEHR!

County Waterford

It is May and we still wait for the weather to get nicer and warmer. A little bit of spring and summer would be so nice, we were not spoilt with warm days for the past 2 years! Yesterday morning we saw a few sun rays forcing themselves through the clouds and we said to ourselves: "It's a lovely day, we should get out!" and there is where we ended up - at Helvick Head in County Waterford.

Es ist Mai und wir warten noch immer darauf, dass es schoener und waermer wird. Ein bisschen Fruehling und Sommer waere so angenehm, wir wurden in den letzten 2 Jahren nicht gerade mit warmen Tagen verwoehnt! Gestern morgen sahen wir, dass sich einige Sonnenstrahlen durch die Wolken zwaengten und wir sagten uns: "Es ist ein schoener Tag, wir sollten rausgehen!" und hier endeten wir - beim Helvick Head im Bezirk Waterford.

On our way back to Waterford city,  before we got down to Dungarvan, we took a side road, not knowing where it would end and so we came to this point where shellfish harvesters have a farm. Auf unserem Weg zurueck in die Stadt Waterford, nahmen wir eine Seitenstrasse, nicht wissend, wo sie uns hinfuehren wuerde und somit kamen wir an diesen Ort, wo Muschelfischer ihre Farm haben.

 

 

 

We headed back and took another side road, which brought us to a lovely strand, called "The Cunnigar Beach", which impressed me so much that I said "I want to come back to this lovely place very soon!". That strand looks completely different to any other strand I have seen up to now.
Wir fuhren zurueck und nahmen eine andere Seitenstrasse, welche uns an einen wunderschoenen Strand mit dem Namen "Der Cunnigar Strand"brachte und mich so beeindruckte, dass ich sagte:"Ich werde an diesen herrlichen Platz bald zurueckkommen!"
Dieser Strand ist vollkommen unterschiedlich zu allen anderen Straenden, die ich bisher gesehen habe.

 

There are 2 sides on this beach, on one side is sand on the other grass and a bog.

Es gibt auf diesem Strand 2 Seiten, eine mit Sand und die andere mit Gras und Morast.

Photos by Margit Anna Doyle