Waterford, Ireland

 Another tender port which meant our 8:45 tour didn't actually leave the ship until 9:15, although it was a short tender ride, so that helped.  The tour was of the countryside and then a pub stop.  We have been to Waterford before on our Irish bus tour in 2018, so we didn't feel we missed much by not seeing the city.  Again, the countryside is so beautiful.  If only the sun would have been out in full, it would have been perfect.  It was cloudy, but warm with no rain, so no complaints.  

Cattle taking a break from their busy lives.  Cattle and dairy farms are the predominant landscape.

The grass is harvested and waiting to be stored for the winter feed in these black plastic rolls.

This is a pretty typical house in this area, which was a bit surprising.  This was taken through the bus window which explains the odd reflections.

This pub has been in the same family and operated as a "public house" since 1703.

We were in the larger room upstairs which is only used for big groups, like at wakes or parties.

It was great fun with a Guinness (what else?) and the local singer entertaining.

Finished out of the running for Trivia.  Tonight was the Krew Kapers show again.  They perform it at the end of each segment and it's always fun.  We had a nice dinner at Compass Rose.  Beef Wellington and Lobster Thermidor were on the menu - one for me and one for Michael.  And I had a delicious mushroom soup.  We actually made it to the show tonight.  Helen Jayne is a singer.  She has a great voice, but some of her movements with the microphone were a bit distracting.  Anyway, I enjoyed it.  Michael was a bit "meh".