Birthday Wishes

Instead of going to Belfast for my birthday this weekend, we decided to go to Cork (BF's home area) instead. Cork is the second largest city in Ireland and their claim to fame is having one of the tallest buildings in Ireland (17 stories). So quaint, no?

Even more quaint is Kanturk, the BF's little village/town outside of Cork. The BF's family has a cute little store in the village.


It is seriously the quintessential Irish town with a couple of shops, some pubs and a COW MART!!!!! I grew up in the mean streets (kind of, not really) of Philadelphia and would never have stepped foot on a working farm, but Kanturk is a farming town. The first time I went to Kanturk in 2003, the BF took me to the Cow Mart and I could not be happier. All the farmers from the surrounding villages go once a week to trade/buy cows, sheep, pigs, etc. ADORABLE! I was so excited I started taking tons and tons of pictures and got the evil eye from the farmers. Apparently the cow mart is NOT a tourist attraction.

Anyways, the birthday wish is to be taken back to the cow mart because it is just so very Irish farming.

My other birthday wish is to be taken to the Brown Thomas in Cork City. This lovely store is having a VERY large sale, and the Dublin store doesn't have my size in these bad boys. :(