We headed out early this morning for Christ Church in Waterford. What a wonderful treat to see the countryside, esp hedgerows and cows and sheep everywhere! Our Singers gave a beautiful, energetic performance for almost 100 loving audience members today and asked to sing the National Anthem with all the Americans in the audience (everyone stood up with us). Afterwards, we walked to a park for a Spraoie Fest for kids - mostly little kid things, but a really fun parade (complete with giant dragon, chicken, and caveman floats!) and some live bands. Mysteriously, no one bought candy floss, but did enjoy the ice cream.
We then headed off on a scavenger hunt for the site of the ancestral Callan home. Using some information from Susan at CFAC, we found a few landmarks, including the ruins of St. Mary's Church - unfortunately locked behind a big fence. We used a very old map and found a wall that, based on some other sities, we THINK might be part of the original Callan home. While we tried to take a picture of the motley crew, some local folks came out to see what we were doing. After our "photo shoot", we gave someone the drawing of the Callanwolde Carriage House we brought with us.
A night of almosts: As we were checking in, the power on the entire block went out. Dinner was half-cooked, so we made plans to swim in the pool. We sat for our "starter" (appetizer) before swimming, only to find out that the pool had been closed right after plans because it was too dark in the pool area to be safe. We then asked that pizzas be ordered. After singing several songs about light, they came on! Pizza idea was scrapped and the original meal was prepared. We ended our late meal/day sharing our favorite moment of the day, which has become the Singers' favorite day's end exercise. Tomorrow, we check out and head to Cobh and Blarney Castle!!
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