DAY 19

10:00 am Camp goes well again. My boy Ian decides he will peg a ball from half court right off a kids bum. I had to yell at him and give him push-ups, but I was impressed by the sheer audacity and accuracy of his effort.

12:00 pm The Spanish coach became so fed up with the campers that he asked through his interpreter, “Are the Irish just not as smart as the British?” Apparently, he had worked a camp in the UK recently with a little quicker learning curve. He also fired a water bottle at one idiot camper that was running around like “headless chickens.”

4:00 pm After camp the Spaniards planted a tree in remembrance of their weekend. Don’t know if this is a Spanish tradition or what. We then made plans to go to the Cliffs of Mohr.

6:00 pm After waiting a while for the ride to the cliffs, we ring the driver and apparently my desire to go was lost in translation. Me gusta cliffs of mohr or vamos a cliffs of mohr is what I should have said.

7:00 pm So instead of seeing one of the top 28 wonders of the world, I spend the next few hours playing around and talking to the crazy local kids. We discuss how kids in Ireland don’t have school dances. This leads to the later realization that a favorite Irish pastime is BS. They do go to dances, but they love to pull your leg. They think the way I say things is hilarious and I can’t stop saying y’all which sends them into tumultuous laughter each time. One girl was being made fun of because in school one time she started to say, “in WW III the” Everyone laughed except for one kid who after ten seconds, said “Continue.”

9:00 pm Then we take a bike ride to the local historical sites. A 12th century monastery and castle is surrounded by a large cemetery. The gravestones in this country are so elaborate. Below the gravestone, the whole area is usually decorated with a bed of rocks and momentos. They take their dying seriously here.

11:00 pm Off to trivia at the country club. The winner of the 2009 US Open, Clemson alum Lucas Glover, was my big contribution to the evening. Knowing that it is Eldrick Tiger Woods, Clinton came from Arkansas, Schwarzenegger is the Governator of CA and that Geronimo was an Apache were all helpful. I got all of the American ones, but as you can see, they were pretty easy if you are from the US.