Cobh and  Cork, Ireland 🇮🇪 

Our next port was Cobh, which is where our ship docked.  The city that we were there to visit was Cork.  We took the train with the executive chef into Cork to shop for goods for the ship.  We visited the English Market, which was clean and interesting to see.  We stopped at the cheese counter and tasted some cheeses.  Then to the fish counter and learned about some of the fish that would be prepared for us on the ship.  The final shopping stop was the smoked fish counter.  Quite an interesting experience.

We then did a little sightseeing on our own.  We saw the St. Fin Barre Cathedral.  It dated from the 7th century.  We did a little more walking and then took the train back to Cobh.  Cobh was established by Vikings and was one of the ports that the Irish left from during the potato famine.  It was also the last port of call for the Titanic.

It was a fairly nice day weather-wise.  We have been told that “partly cloudy” is the normal forecast.

The highlight of the day was dinner in Le Champagne.  The food was amazing.  Six fabulous courses! The photo is of Bob’s risotto appetizer that had gold leaf on top.  Janice and Bette had the caviar, of course.  Quite a meal.