Ireland

I visited some very green hills this past weekend! Lenae, Venice, Kara and I took off Thursday afternoon for Ireland and what an adventure we had! I'll tell you some of the highlights:

We stayed in a little town south of Dublin named Rathdrum. Getting to Rathdrum on Thursday night was a struggle! We missed our train by 10 minutes, had to find a bus and a taxi to finally get to our hostel. I'm learning how important it is to be flexible when traveling because nothing ever seems to go as planned, especially with public transportation! But, above all, I am very glad that we decided to stay outside of Dublin because we opened our curtains on Friday morning to the gorgeous, green landscape of Ireland!

On Friday we tromped around the small town of Rathdrum and found some exercise hiking around the hills. Again, it was so good to get out of the city and walk on grass and be surrounded by trees and endless sky. This was the Ireland I had pictured and hoped to see. We even saw a rainbow! And since we were in Ireland, there must of been a leprechaun and a pot of gold at the end of the colors!

Saturday we got up very early to catch the train (we didn't miss it this time!) back into Dublin. We spent the morning in Howth (just a town up from Dublin) which is right on the coast. We went to the very tip of the town to the cliffs by the sea. I think this was my favorite part of the weekend! The wind whipped our hair as we stood in awe of the crashing waves and wide expanse of the sea.

Back we went into Dublin! We explored the city and found sights such as Dublin Castle, Trinity College, Temple Bar, Bewley's James Joyce room for coffee, and even found Beresford there! And since we were too cheap to pay for another night in a hostel, we spent the night in the airport (though we didn't sleep much) and were very ready to get on our plane to head home on Sunday morning. It was so good to arrive back at Vandon house in London! It's starting to really feel like home.