July 5, 2004: Here is Roz pulling herself back up after kissing the Blarney Stone. The camera is pointed down and she is laying on her back. The light behind her is the ground outside the castle (about 100 feet down).
July 5, 2004: View from Blarney Castle
July 5, 2004: Roz standing next to rock covered with small flowers.
July 5, 2004: Looking up at Blarney Castle.
July 5, 2004: Rooftops in Cork.
July 5, 2004: Rooftops in Cork.
July 5, 2004: We had stopped at a gas station, and thought this was a great name for potato chips. Gas was 0.98 euros/liter, which is 4.57 US dollars/gallon (one euro was 1.23 dollars).
July 5, 2004: Landscape on the way to Tramore from Cork.
July 5, 2004: Rosalind in her natural habitat -- a large sunroom at Cliff House in Tramore, the B&B we stayed at.
July 5, 2004: The view from our room's balcony at Cliff House.
July 5, 2004: The view from our room's balcony at Cliff House.
July 5, 2004: Rosalind enjoying the view from our room's balcony at Cliff House.
July 6, 2004: We toured the Waterford Crystal factory.
July 6, 2004: We toured the Waterford Crystal factory. This craftsman is heating a piece of crystal so that a handle can be affixed to its side.
July 6, 2004: The molten crystal for the handle is applied to the side of the container.
July 6, 2004: The craftsman pushes the piece for the handle into the correct shape as it cools into place.
July 6, 2004: Handle attached.
July 6, 2004: This craftsman is preparing to place a molten piece of crystal into a mold to be blown into shape.
July 6, 2004: The craftsman on the left is blowing a piece into shape in a mold below the floor. The other two are preparing molten crystal to be blown.