Tuesday, July 8, 2008

on july 1 i landed in the shannon, ireland airport. i was so excited to be in ireland, since that is where i have always wanted to go. it was a very long week because we toured all over the country and spent a lot of time in a bus, but we were able to visit some BEAUTIFUL places. we stayed in dingle for the first couple of days, located on the south edge of the country, near the ocean. this was my favorite place because everything looked like i wanted it to: green rolling hills divided into segments by stone walls, little white sheep speckles everywhere, beautiful beaches and majestic cliffs. it was all very breath taking. we stayed in two different hostiles during our journeys. the first was my favorite, clean and spacious. the other one was. . . .well, let's just say it was a haunted castle with narrow, windy, dangerous stairs, located in kilkenny, a medieval town. i first heard of the ghost while diana and i were talking to a man in a gift shop after we told him where we were staying. when we got to the castle, the owners granddaughter met us and told our group the same thing. apparently bbc did a thing on it and the "ghost hunters" found it there :)

at the end of the week we made our way to dublin. we stopped at glendalough where brave heart was filmed. i've never seen the movie, but boy did they ever pick a gorgeous spot. it was so scenic with old cemeteries, monastic ruins, waterfalls, rivers, lakes, everything. i loved it and wish everybody had a chance to go. we finally got to dublin, which was nothing compared to the country. a lot of us stayed inside after being warned by our bus driver that it was a friday night and a lot of alcohol was going to be consumed and to be careful :) good ol' irish. while in dublin, a bunch of girls and i decided to go to riverdance for only 20 euros. we got there and when we showed our tickets, the ticket taker gave us 45 euro tickets instead, because there were extra seats. and the show was amazing! i think it was extra special because it was in dublin, ireland!

well, those are basically the highlights of my trip so far. i'm now in london as of midnight last night, and things are kind of expensive. i went grocery shopping today because our room has a fridge, and it was really nice to actually unpack my suitcases!

4 comments:

rachel said...

Thanks for posting this Beth! Ireland sounds incredible :) This is truly a once in a lifetime trip- glad you didn't see any ghosts in the hostile or get caught in a drunken brawl :0 Riverdance in Ireland- amazing!

Ann-Marie Photography said...

it sounds amazing...I got your postcard today... I loved it! Sounds like you are having the trip of a lifetime. I really wish I would have had the oppurtunity. Have fun and don't spend all your euro's in one place, unless it's a gift for me :0)

Rachel D. Josephson said...

Sooo cool! Great pictures, too.

Have the time of your life, my girl.

Rachel

Analee said...

How fun! It sounds like your trip is already amazing!! I can't wait to hear more about it!

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