Today we slept in 🙂 and then decided to go for a walk around town. We went to visit some of the stores that we had previously visited when on the bus trip, as there were a couple of small items that I wanted to acquire in them and also check on the pricing of sweaters. Also Andrew needed a heavier jacket as he had brought his thin, not waterproof jacket on the trip and that was not going to be sufficient for when we were going to visit Ireland. My original plan was to drive to a knitting store to check out their goods, however with the VERY successful purchase yesterday, that is now no longer on my list of things to do! Also stopping in Blarney at the Woolen Mills would now be a dangerous decision! We did some laundry (takes forever in the European combo washing/drying machines) and I caught up on some paperwork like paying my credit card bills so we could continue travelling and getting my email Inbox back under control. It was quite a pleasant day!
In the evening, we decided to go to one of the restaurants that Vinnie (tour guide) had recommended when we were in Killarney last time – the Quinlans Seafood Bar. He told us that they had GF fish and chips among other things, however the place is small and be prepared to wait. So Andrew, who was now hungry and I, who already had been able to eat some things, decided to go there for dinner. WELL, again Vinnie did not quite tell the truth. Nothing that is deep fried is gluten free – including the fish and chips, which is why we came here! Oh well, I noticed that they had Calamari on the menu, so I asked if they can make me just stir fried Calamari with fries instead and they were more than happy to oblige. The Calamari came with a sauce and they did not let me have the sauce until they checked all the ingredients and guess what? It was gluten free! It was a really good tamarind type tasting sauce for the Calamari with a bit of a kick to it. Andrew settled on fish and chips and a beer – what else would he have in a joint like this? It was interesting that he chose a Killarney Beer – which was the brewery that we passed by but did not go into yesterday!
After a nice (not) walk back in the rain to our apartment, we watched some TV and decided to call it a night as tomorrow we are moving onto Cork and Andrew needs to be rested for the drive again…. oh no! He is up in the middle of the night AGAIN – he ate too big a meal too soon and his body let him know that it was not happy! Now perhaps he will wait until his body starts to tell him he is hungry (instead of just wanting to eat) and it will work better! Oh the joys of travelling and getting sick. Of all the traveling we have done, this is the first time we BOTH have been affected and not just me, so I guess we have been lucky!