Who serves French Fries with Lasagna?

It was a good thing we were leaving Dublin today because today was the day of their big gay pride parade plus Harry and Megan are coming to town on Tues to see the Book of Kells and the town will be a mess.  So, after having another wonderful breakfast, we said a fond farewell to The Shelbourne Hotel and headed to the airport to pick up our rental car.

We hit the road and with only one little wrong turn (not bad for driving a stick shift with the driver in the right seat and the driving on the left) we were soon driving through the Irish countryside.  We found the town of Waterford and the car knew its way to The Waterford Experience.

The tour was very interesting and it was fun to see master craftsmen working at every stage of the process. We thought it was facinating that such beauty can be made from ordinary materials, like sand, lead, and potash.

Typical blowing but very accurate. 

Dropping into the mold then blowing it to fill the mold.

The process continues with carving, cutting, polishing, etc to get the exact shape and piece desired.

Karen wanted to take this piece home, but $$$$$$.

Bill wanted to take this Players Championship trophy home, but not for sale.

Instead, Bill gave Karen permission to spent some time (and some Euro's) in the gift shop.  You can't visit Waterford without picking up a few things - can you? 

After a few more hours driving through the countryside we came to the town of Kinsale.  Kinsale marks the starting point of the 'Wild Atlantic Way', a 2, 500km touring route along the Atlantic coastline. We had to ask several folks how to get to our Bed and Breakfast as it was a bit tucked away along some narrow winding roads, up a hill and then the driveway was a steep down hill - but we found it.

Great views of the inlet from every room - in fact, we are sitting on our balcony enjoying the evening.

Dinner tonight was in town at at Jim Edwards, a quaint city center Restaurant/Tavern.  

So, the answer to the question in the title for today is - The Irish serve French Fries with their Lasagna.  Bill ordered it for dinner and he also got a salad and coleslaw.  The waitress seemed to think everyone served it that way when we told her that we don't serve Lasagna that way in the states. Karen had vegetable stir fry. 

We walk around town and the harbor after dinner before settling down at Rocklands B&B for the night.