After a heavy rain experience and night in Cork, we moved on to Waterford. Waterford is a port city on the southeast coast of Ireland. It has a long history and has been a populous and successful city for a long time. Viking raiders established a settlement near here in 853. It lasted 50 years before the Irish drove them out, but then the Vikings came back again twelve years later. Since that time, Waterford has had lots of warring and prosperous times. It was obvious to us that the Vikings had been in Waterford as remnants from that period still remain.

Waterford had a good mix of stately older buildings, newer buildings, and some very creative and colorful buildings.

Vicky and I like all kinds of food from all over the world. But in Ireland, we tried to always eat Irish food. In many cities such as Cork and Waterford, it was much more of a challenge to find the true Irish food. We didn't find any place in Cork and in Waterford, well, you can see below what it was like.

We saw lots of touristy and entertaining places in Waterford including the statues below.

It rained most of our first day in Waterford but in the morning, the sun was shining brightly. You can see the city’s clock tower below.