Day 14 Waterford and Mount Juliet

This morning we got an early start and headed to the Waterford Crystal factory in… you guessed it, Waterford. The tour was great and showed us all the stages from the blowing the crystal into the mould to the design, cutting and polishing.  It was a great tour and at the end of it we were dropped off into the main gallery and store.  Everything there was so pretty and sparkling. We got a bowl and matching candle holders shipped home. They are very pretty and were some of the style being created on our tour.  Perhaps when they ship it to us we will get one of the ones we saw today. One can hope.

We then got on the road at once to spend as much time here at Mount Juliet as possible. We made it here at 1pm, had a great lunch and then went horseback riding.  The horses were kind old gentlemen and easy to control for the both of us.  Their names are Dave and Prince. We took them for a guided walk around the grounds with one of the instructors.  I had a lot of fun on the ride and I know that Jenn did too. This was followed by a great dinner during sunset from 730 to 915 tonight.

Now for the small complication in our plans, there is a wedding going on today on the grounds. The DJ was going to be in the restaurant directly beneath our presidential suite.  The front desk called to let us know and offered us another suite in the manor at a discounted rate. Since the party is scheduled to go until 130 am we opted for the different room at a reduced rate.  At least we got to be in our presidential room for a bit. And we can still hear the music from one floor up and on the opposite end of the hall, so it is for the best that we moved.  The hotel even offered to pick up our bar tab for dinner.  I am pleased with the extra effort and consideration paid to us. Take a look at some photos from today:

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