2008 - United Kingdom - Day 16 - Limerick, Bunratty Village

Today we were able to sleep in, although from 6:30 on I couldn’t sleep. Breakfast today was really good. A much bigger selection and I got to have a yummy omelet. We left for Bunratty Village at 10 am. It was not very far away from our hotel. Bunratty Village has a castle that was built in the 1400’s that has recently been restored, and there is a whole village with homes and shop made to look as they did at that time and see how they lived several hundred years ago. We started with a tour of the castle, and then we walked through the village and houses. It was a nice place. We got back at our hotel around 1:30 p.m. Mom and I ate our snacks for lunch and watched a movie on TV about the Quintuplets born in Canada during the depression. At 4:45 we went out front of our hotel for a group photo, and then we had a sacrament meeting. Michael Wilcox took quotes from people we have talked about from each place we have visited. I was able to envision each place as he mentioned them and recall what I have learned. Mike’s purpose was to prove that God speaks to people from many different voices, and His hand is in everything. I feel pretty melancholy now that it is over, but also so blessed that I was given this opportunity. Mom and I ordered room service for dinner tonight—Seafood Chowder for mom (which she was scared of) and a steak sandwich for me, so yummy!!