Monday, October 26, 2009

IRELAND

REALND!!!! Well I just got back from Ireland and had the time of my life! It was so beautiful and I just felt really connected to Dublin since I lived in Dublin, Ohio for 7 years of my life haha.  Here is just a brief summary of some of the things we did!


The first day we got there we went to see Dublin castle.  The castle part was a little but of a let down but they took us underground and showed us the ruins of the original castle and the underground river.  We were exhausted form getting up at 4 and getting our flight to Dublin so we just walked around Temple Bar (the pub and shopping district of Dublin) and found some place to eat and then we headed back to our hotel.  We decided to watch “P.S. I Love You” because the next day we were headed on a tour through the Wicklow mountains which is where they filmmed the scene where they meet!


We had to get up early and go to the tourist office to get on our tour bus.   We started driving our into the Irish country side and it was unbelievable.  It wasn’t the typical Irish green, it was still the vibrant green but then there was all of this orangey copper color everywhere (I mean it is October which means fall:) and it was just our luck that it was raining all day… it really wasn’t that bad but it was a little foggy. We saw some waterfalls and lakes and mountains.  We stopped at this little town called Laragh (pronounced Laura:) and we had hot chocolate and scones at this cute little bed and breakfast.  We stopped at the ruins of an old monastery and walked around some lakes on our way back to Dublin.  When we got back we ate some dinner and walked around the city some more.  We went and saw a movie, which was really stupid, and then we went to bed!


Again we had to get up early because we took another day trip out to the Cliffs of Moher.  These cliffs are the cliffs of insanity in “Princess Bride” and the cliffs in the recent “Harry Potter 6” that just came out.  They are on the west coast of Ireland so it was a 3 hour drive out.  They were unreal! I loved them.  We were luck that is was pretty cleat so we could see them well.  We stopped at a castle on the way back but we were so tired we didn’t really appreciate it… We got back late and went right to bed.


Saturday was our Dublin day.  We started off by checking out of our hotel and taking the train out to this little seaside town called Bray to go and see this manor house called Powerscourt.  If you have seen the movie “Count of Monte Cristo” it is the house Edmond buys when he becomes the count.  The house is just surrouned by these beautiful gardens so we just walked around.  It was sunny the whole time we were there which was so nice! I finally dried up and thawed out from the rainy days!  We made our way back to Dublin and went on a tour of Trinity College and saw the Book of Kells (this 2,000 year illuminated manuscript of the 4 gospels).  We went and ate quick and then headed to Christ Church Cathedral and went to Choral Evensong.  It was a little long but really interesting. All I have to say that I prefer our sacrament meeting any day! We went back to the hotel and picked up our bags and then caught the bus to the airport.  We arrived home safe, sound, and tired. It was an amazing trip and if any of you ever get the chance to go, GO! I can tell you all of the best places to hit!


Powersourt...


Cliffs of Moher...
Lake at the Monestary Ruins...
Christ Church Cathedral...
Dublin Castle...


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