March 6th, 2009

i really love vacation

On Tuesday we drove north to Connemara and visited Clifden and the Kylemore Abbey. Connemara is gorgeous, even though it hailed on us and the sheep wouldn’t let me pet them (so rude). On Wednesday we drove south to the Cliffs of Moher and the Ailwee Cave, and it snowed on us a bit and was quite cold on the cliffs… we ended up buying hats in the gift shop before climbing up.

The Chop now has a video of me driving along the roads in Ireland, careening around tight curves in our impossibly tiny car, rock walls to each side. Driving in the Irish countryside is slightly terrifying, lol.

Yesterday we drove into Dublin, drove around St. Stephen’s Green unable to spot the hotel (finally found it—was on the corner and really needs a larger awning), rushed to return the car after checking in to the hotel and then went to my all-time favorite place in Dublin for dinner. It’s an all-vegetarian juice bar with really yummy vegan and tofu dishes. 🙂

We walked all around the city centre of Dublin today, went to Dublin Castle and attempted to make it to the Kilmainham Gaol before it closed. I seemed to have forgotten how far outside of the main city it was.. we walked for a good hour and by the time we made it, it had closed 45 minutes before. Sigh.

Tomorrow we’re heading to Newgrange and going on a musical pub tour. 😀

And no cousin, we sadly have not eloped. We also realized that we are quite old and don’t want to stay out all night drinking—well, Chop might, but my liver can’t handle it, lol.