Our second stop on the bus tour was Blarney Castle. This was my favorite part of the day. Murder Hole! View at the top To kiss the Blarney Stone (after an hour’s wait, that included winding around through the castle and up a *very* narrow and low-ceilinged staircase where the “stumble steps” became smaller and […]
On Wednesday, I had full day bus tour (through Irish Day Tours.) It left from the Molly Malone statue at 6:45am, so it was an early morning! I was a little nervous walking across Temple Bar by myself that early, but there were a few people out and about. And once I got to the […]
I was so tired after walking over Dublin and Glendalough on Monday that, after walking Greg to the Arlington to meet his coworkers on Tuesday, I headed back to our apartment and took a long nap. Afterward, I headed back out to explore Dublin some more. I visited the famous Grafton Street and meandered around […]
At 1:45, it was time to meet up with my tour group at the Molly Malone statue for an afternoon trip to Glendalough. (It was a bus tour through Paddywagon Tours.) On the way, we also made a quick stop at Lough Tay (also known as The Guinness Lake) in the Wicklow Mountains. Once we got […]
Around 10:30am on Monday, I walked to the Dublinia building to learn a little more about Vikings and their founding of the city of Dublin. I was able to get a combo ticket that included a self-guided tour of Christ Church Cathedral next door, too. This grand cathedral is only a few blocks from our […]
After saying goodbye to Greg for the day, I walked back to Temple Bar, without any real destination in mind. I thought about hopping back on a bus like we’d done the previous day, but was enjoying my surroundings so much that I decided to just keep walking. Eventually, I came across a beautiful church […]
After going to bed at 5pm on Sunday, our sleeping schedule was (expectedly) quite off. We both woke up around midnight or 1 am. I got up and read my book for awhile, hoping it would make me sleepy so I could fall back to sleep. Eventually, I did go back to bed and snoozed […]
Awhile ago, I had told Greg that if he ever gets the chance to travel overseas for work that my answer is most likely, “YES!” (With the idea that I can hopefully tag along.) Well, our opportunity finally arrived! His company needed to send several people to Dublin, Ireland, for a week! We are so […]
Adrianna had a class on climate change at NCAR this morning, so Katie and I took our little girls hiking on the trails nearby while we waited for their older sisters to finish.