The Blarney Stone

First you have to wait in a long, long line, that winds up narrow spiral staircases through the ancient stone castle. Once you're at the top, you have to lie down, reach to hold the two metal bars behind you're head, look down hundreds of feet in terror, and then pull back to kiss it.

That's how you kiss the Blarney Stone.

So many legends are behind the stone so no one knows for sure where the stone is from, but everyone around the world knows what it is now. Even Winston Churchill and Michael Jackson have kissed the stone.

I knew that I wanted to do it, despite the awkwardness of the process. But once the line wrapped closer to the stone, butterflies shook my stomach and I became anxious. Could you fall through between the walls? How many other lips have kissed that stone? Is it smooth or rough?
But there was no need for my fears. Though it was a tad scary to dangle there, it was just for a moment. So I did it, I bought the picture, and now I can say, “I kissed the Blarney Stone.”