Wow, where to start... Ireland was BEAUTIFUL! It definitely was my favorite country out of all the places we visited throughout this trip, and I definitely will go back again in my lifetime.
We caught a plane Thursday night and got to our hostel by like midnight-ish, which was pretty late but we just went straight to bed so we could get an early start the next morning. Our hostel was actually pretty nice and it was in an AMAZING location! (I have to add here that I was the one who actually found and booked the hostel- as well as the 60 pound airfare lol... i was pretty proud of myself) But anyways, our hostel was a 6 person female room with 3 bunk beds, and since there were 5 of us in the room, we had a random person stay there 2 of the 3 nights, which was kind of weird/awkward at first but it really wasn't so bad.
So the first day we were there, Friday, wasn't the greatest weather - it was pretty rainy and cold. But it ended up working out okay because we were just touring around the city of Dublin and we were saving the tour of the countryside for the next day, which ended up being beautiful weather. So along the “hop-on-hop-off” bus tour we did around the city we stopped/got off at several places including Trinity College (where there were actually students graduating that day!), St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Christ Church, Temple Bar, and the Guiness Factory! Although I do not really like Guiness beer, touring around the brewery was pretty cool. It was 5 floors and we were able to see all the ingredients and manufacturing that goes into making the beer. The tour ended at the very top floor, the Gravity Bar, a place that was sort of like the Seattle Needle – it was a tall, large, circular room completely surrounded by windows that looked over the entire city of Dublin. It was really cool and so pretty. There, we also received a free pint of Guiness which was included in our admission price – since I didn’t really like the taste I gave my beer away lol but it was cool because they drew a little shamrock shape in the foam at the top of the beer.
Anyways the rest of the day we just shopped around for touristy things and then checked out the Temple Bar area, which is one skinny long cobblestone street lined with a bunch of unique little bars (and right near our hostel). The one we went into was playing live Irish music and was so crowded, but everyone was singing along and it was so much fun! It reminded me of the movie P.S. I love you if (you’ve ever seen it).
Speaking of which, the tour of the countryside we went on the next day took us to spots in the Wicklow Mountains of Glendalough where that movie (P.S. I Love You) was filmed!! Along with other movies such as Saving Private Ryan and Braveheart. I honestly can’t even begin to describe how beautiful our tour around the countryside, mountains, and glacier lakes was. It was absolutely stunning, and breathtaking. I almost wanted to cry! Haha It was just sooo green and so naturally beautiful. If you’re friends with me on facebook, I’ll be putting my pictures up soon and you HAVE to check them out. You will be amazed to how Ireland really holds true to its motto, “40 shades of Green.” Our tour lasted all day from about 9am-5pm so afterwards we finished up our touristy shopping and then ended up heading over to another part of town to check out the bar they filmed at in the movie P.S. I Love You (i know, we were a little obsessed haha) and it was funny because as soon as we walked in they were playing the song the guy sings at the bar in the film.
Anyways, that was our trip! We left the next morning verrrry early and got back to our apartment in London around 11. All in all, Ireland was absolutely gorgeous – I loved everything about it and I cannot wait to visit again!! Although next time I think I’d venture over to the west and south sides of the island to check out places like Galway and Cork, because I heard it’s even more beautiful there!
If you ever get the chance to go, I would highly recommend it! I’d also recommend that you take me with you as well!:)
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