Cobh- Ireland

It’s been a rough passage the past two days but the Captain on the Caribbean Princess brought us to Ireland a little late but safe and sound!

We had 20 ft swells last night and the ship was rockin’ and rollin’. It was formal night and we had cocktail hour for platinum and elites.

We almost fell over taking this picture. As you can see they are hanging on.

Today the seas are much calmer and we arrived at 4 pm.

Bruce and I enjoyed the coastline as we sailed into port.

We had dinner quickly and decided to get off the ship and walk around the town. From here many take the train to Cork but time was limited, we needed to be back on board at 8:30.

From the harbor off the ship, the statue of the immigrants who left here to travel far and wide. This was the last port before the Titanic met its fate in the North Atlantic.

The heritage center had a few shops and information, mostly about the Titanic.

We found a canon on the grounds of the waterfront park. Since Bruce no longer smokes cigars, I will now be posting photos of him by cannons.

The park had some sculptures which were interesting. One is called the Navigator.

Another sculpture was of Sonia O’Sullivan, an athlete and local hero.

We decided to venture up to the cathedral, and I mean up. It was quite an uphill walk but we’ll worth it.

The interior of St. Coleman’s Cathedral-Cobh was stunning, with its stained glass windows and wood carvings, and magnificent organ.

We arrived just in time to catch a concert. We saw angels singing such lovely songs in a church with incredible acoustics. For each song, one young lady would take the lead. These young girls were wonderful.

Unfortunately, we could not stay for the entire concert or we would miss our ship.

The walk back was quite a bit easier and we had time to stop so I could take a photo of colorful boats. I didn’t take a picture of a very sad-looking sailboat that needs a lot of TLC.

Back on the ship, we watched a production show and now to bed. We have an early start tomorrow!

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