Our first stop on Day 3 was to Kildare. It is a small town with a cool old church and tower. The tower was 108 ft. tall and had no foundation. The base is just rocks placed on the ground. We paid $14 to climb up 6 steep, old wooden ladders.
The view from the top was amazing. You could see mountains in the distance and the small town below. It was very windy, but manageable
This was as far as Jason climbed. As wimpy as he is, he also finds creative ways to waste money!
Our next stop was to the National Stud Farm of Ireland in Kildare. These horses are high class racing horses that race all over the world. It was just after foaling for the mares so there were a lot of foals being taught by their mothers.
Once we arrived in Kilkenny, we checked in and walking into city centre (as they call it). These two boys passed us and I wanted to take a picture. I'm not sure who was more curious me of the boys and their tiny horse or the boys seeing that I wanted to take their picture.
Our last tourist spot before dinner was to Castle Kilkenny. It is a huge castle that was built in the 12th century. It fell into ruin when the family who owned it for 600 years went bankrupt. It is now being restored and was interesting history. The walls at the bottom are 5 meters (15 feet) thick and no one knows how many rooms are in it (because they keep finding them).
Day 3 is in the books. Tomorrow we go to Cork in the southwest. Hopefully, we'll be back on soon.
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