Sunday, June 30, 2013

Naturally, we have been seeing the night life (which is very safe)


We had a great time in Dublin where we stayed in a hostel which was a very good experience. We met people from Tanzania, Australia, Brazil, New York, Missouri, and Spain.

Of course we had to see St. Patrick's Cathedral (which they pronounce Cat-ee-dral)



All of the doors very vibrant and beautiful

Even in the taxis its hard to get used to being on the wrong side of the road

Bringing in my Birthday!

This is a HUGE pub/bar that is in the very hip part of Dublin. Naturally Niki got the house band to sing Happy birthday to me.



It wouldn't be Dublin without going to the Guinness Storehouse. 



We even had a little lesson on how to pour the perfect pint.

We got take away fish and chips (with salt and vinegar of  course) at a little whole in the wall and it was to die for.

We started off our pub crawl at the Merchant's Arch pub (this is at 10 pm if you can believe it) It doesn't get dark until very late.


On Saturday we went on a day tour of Wicklow. At first it was misty and overcast but by the end of the day it was absolutely beautiful. There were tons of cyclists all over the place and they were absolutely flying.

This was a door at a monastery and I just loved the color.


This is the famous bridge from the movie P.S. I Love You


Guinness Lake

Follow the leader!

Our tour consisted of about 15 people which was nice and three of them were this adorable family from China

We stopped at a little cafe for lunch and I had ham and cheese quiche and it was delicous.


All the girls!

celtic cross at Glendalough

Our feisty and extremely kind tour guide

If your arms can reach all the way around you get an Irish wish! Yay!



Testing out some poisonous flowers



Niki and I accidentally took the wrong path but there was ice cream at the end so it didn't end up being that wrong at all. 

Rummy on the train back to Waterford!

Wednesday, June 26, 2013




Yesterday we visited a museum on the Irish Rebellion 1798. Here, Niki and Maddy do a very historically accurate reenactment of what happened.

This is the view from Vinegar Hill where the rebellion took place




This is the grounds of the Johnstown Castle. They had peacocks just walking around which was so cool.




The plants are so interesting and different.