Certified Foodies.

As you can tell by the title, this blog involves a lot of food! It sums up a lot of the trip (food-wise) in my Ireland experience since I have just ended Ireland and have started my Italian adventure in Rome (blog update soon)! Dad-- this blog post (since it involves food, a bit of sports (futbol), and Irish music that you pretend to know about) is dedicated to you! ( Mom.. don't feel left out, you'll get a blog dedicated to you, but it needs to be a bit more fancy and sassy in order to relate it to you ;) )

So we begin....

On our way to Kensale. It is a lovely little Irish town with a seaside setting, but of course we chose to go on the day that involved Hurricane weather. Most of our time was spent eating and running from coffee shop to pub to avoid the wet rainy and windy weather. 

Fishy Fishy Cafe' in Kensale... hands down, best seafood ever!

Hayley's 140283 cup of coffee (but it's ok.. because it's Europe and it's a rule to have coffee at least once a day)

Bread every meal. It is a wonderful thing

Seafood chowder... it was as good as it looks

I basically fainted when they brought this out. It looks like a dream, and tasted even better! I ate every bite.

Hayley's Salmon dish!

Seafood Salad with Chile sauce

So seaside of them

We then enjoyed a little wine tour in one of the Kensale castles.

And according to this myth...I know the family MUST have some Irish in them..especially Logan a.k.a. garbage disposal of the family. He is a strong believer in making a happy plate (no food left behind).

Pastry place with delicious goodies

For the 30 seconds it wasn't raining we got some snapshots of Kensale.

Cold and  rainy.. finding our way around

More treats!

The pub we were so happy to find while waiting on our bus

Of course, we couldn't finish our day without dessert. This is a sticky toffee pudding brownie!

Getting ready for the Irish vs. Spain game

Very excited Irish with high hopes for Euro 2012

Back in Cork for the game

Keepin it in the fam.

Hayley is so good at this appetizer thing

Can't wait to live with her for good. She makes things look delicious! Must get these cooking abilities  from Dad ;)

Just cooking away.. I know Dad misses having her in the kitchen. 

One of our many delicious meals from English Market goods, made by Hayley... I helped a bit (by pouring glasses of wine...)

Two famous beers of Cork: Beamish and Murphy's

Fun streets.

Lovely little cafe!

As you can tell by now.. we did not skimp on food. It was our main and frequently visited attraction

More seafood chowder with LOTS of seafood, and a little bit of chowder

Just singing opera in the streets of Cork. Lovely

"Trad" night (Traditional Irish music)

prepping for our trad night

Hayley found a new lad

Dad... you would have loved the Traditional Irish music. I pictured you playing the electrical bagpipes by the end of the night and being best friends with the whole band. You know it would have happened.

Enjoying the trad

Getting some sista time!

Not only does she cook like a champ, she researches like one, too. Cool EEG machine from the 19somethings..

We like to end our day with stupid little biscuits and a nice little cup of tea here in Ireland!

Hope y'all enjoyed! I'll be updating on Rome very very soon! Love y'all and thanks for the comments!!!