I randomly decided with my roommate, very last minute, that we should go to Ireland!! I looooooved Ireland. It is believed that Ireland has 40 shades of green…and I didn’t count but I bet you that statement is correct. The rolling green hills were gorgeous. We arrived Thursday and just adventured around with some friends who were also randomly in Dublin. Originally, my roommate and I were going to stay in Doolin which is a small town on the Western side of Ireland. Looking into it though, I would have had to fly to Dublin, take a train to Galway, and a bus to Doolin…at 13 hour journey when it is a 3 hour car ride. I looked into renting a car…but I wasn’t sure I was up to the challenge of driving on the opposite side of the road. I am very glad I didn’t rent a car because the road in Ireland are very narrow and my New Jersey driver would have hated driving (way toooo many bikers clogged up the street). I kind of had a conniption about this. I am very tired of being in cities. But we finally agreed that we would stay in Dublin and take 2 full day trips. The first day trip was to Doolin to the Cliffs of Moher. Immaculate doesn’t even begin to describe these cliffs. If you don’t know what these cliffs are, I’ll just tell you that if you have seen Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince you have seen the cliffs. The scene where Dumbledore takes Harry to the cave on a cliff side on the Ocean…Cliffs of Moher. They. Were. Awesome. I did get a little sad when I was there because I realized my home was just a little ways west…I thought about swimming across the Atlantic.
The next day I went on another day trip allllll over Ireland. First, I went horseback riding on the hills of Warwick. It was very scenic but I was having mini aneurisms because the instructor put me on the temperamental horse…who decided that day wanted to do everything in hyperdrive which I was told was extremely unusal behavior for him. The rest of the day was spent touring around to small sites and it ended at Glenadough (meaning the Valley of 2 lakes in Gaelic). Beautiful.
One thing I learned about the people are either super super friendly or belligerent. There is no in-between.
The next day I went on another day trip allllll over Ireland. First, I went horseback riding on the hills of Warwick. It was very scenic but I was having mini aneurisms because the instructor put me on the temperamental horse…who decided that day wanted to do everything in hyperdrive which I was told was extremely unusal behavior for him. The rest of the day was spent touring around to small sites and it ended at Glenadough (meaning the Valley of 2 lakes in Gaelic). Beautiful.
One thing I learned about the people are either super super friendly or belligerent. There is no in-between.