New Orleans: Day 1

We made it to New Orleans! After a quick red-eye flight we made it to the Big Easy this morning and have spent the whole day exploring. Here are some things we found:


We found the Mississippi River (how could you miss it?)



We found the French Quaters




We visited Jackson Square and St. Louis Cathedral

We stumbled upon Bourbon Street (maybe stumbled was the wrong word)

We also managed to eat a lot of food, including gumbo, jambalaya, and a muffuletta (pictured below). We also took a trip to the Art Gallery to view some artwork.

I know it looks like we fooled everyone in believing that this is actually supposed to be a "buisness trip," but I promise I will get to work tomorrow because the conference is starting and I will be busy learning and assissting the presenters. Personally, I am just excited for all of the free stuff!

We are having a blast and will upload more pictures tomorrow.

Halloween Time

This is a picture of our halloween costumes. Jason was a Ghostbuster and I was a ghost.



For some reason Jason and I were out hiking one day after work and we pulled out the camera and pretended to take scary pictures of each other. We then came home and played with the pictures a little bit and we ended up with these.

Day 5: Final Touches

It is so sad to say this but our final full day in Ireland has come and gone. We started out the day waking up in our beautiful room in Waterford Castle. I didn't want to get up but we walked through the forest to see the sunrise and watch the deer and pheasants in the forest. It was magical! Here are some final pictures in Waterford.





We then headed back to Dublin and spent the remander of the day buying last minute things and eating our last pub dinner. We are now packing and getting ready to head back home. We always experience this bittersweet feeling when getting ready to leave somewhere because we get very attached with the places we visit and can often picture ourselves staying there. But when it comes down to it, we are anxious to get home and see our friends and family.

We will soon put up ALL of our pictures from the trip and hopefully the videos that accompany them. We have had a wonderful and unforgettable time here in Ireland and hope you have enjoyed seeing this unique country through our eyes.

Love, Jason and Lisa

Day 4-Southern Ireland

Well, today was a little dark and cloudy in Dublin. Which was just fine, because we left it by train. We avoided the rain, and fled to Kilkenny, the former ancient capital of Ireland. Kilkenny is a beautiful town that is reich in history. We strolled through Killkenny's narrow streets to get to Kilkenny Castle and all of its ornamental gardens. Here is a picture of us at the castle in one of the gardens.



We strolled through the city for several hours taking in all of the sights and sounds. Afterwords, we took the train to Waterford in the South. We are staying the evening in the posh Waterford Castle. To get to the castle you have to take a private ferry as the Castle is situated on a private island. We are staying in the Presidential Suite of the castle this evening.
Here is a picutre of the bedroom. In the back of the picture you can see the door to the HUGE bahroom, and a second door to the library/drawing room.




We are off to dinner, so more from Ireland tomorrow!

Day Three-Western Ireland

Today was another day out and about in Ireland. Today was about castles and the natural wonders that Ireland has to offer in Western Ireland. We first started off by traveling from Dublin to Limerick to see King John’s Castle. Basically, it is like most other castles, but here is a picture of us in front of it.




From there we went to a place in Ireland called the Burren, which I think it means barren in Gaelic. They describe it as a lunar landscape. To us it really looked like a barren landscape; yet, in its own way it was really is interesting. It reminds us a lot of the lava in St. George. Here is a picture.




After that we ate a pub lunch in a small town called Doolin. Following that, we drove to the Cliffs of Moher. These Cliffs are the tallest in Europe, even taller than the Cliffs of Dover. The tallest point is a half mile drop. Here are a couple of pictures we took there.






We had tons of fun today, and will have more fun with castles tomorrow. We will try to get some of our videos online then.