Outside Dublin

I signed up for a scenic day trip outside of the city. It was well worth the money. Not only did we see some places where Braveheart, Reign of Fire, and Excalibur were filmed, but the hills, waterfalls, greenery, and lakes were just absolutely amazing. My pictures don’t do it justice. I’d have to be immersed in it again to truly know it. The best was the valley of the two lakes (Glendalough) where St. Kevin built a monastery next to two lakes nestled in this beautiful valley just outside of Dublin. The mountains rises in the distance with a waterfall filling the lake in front of me was breathtaking. I hope I never lose the memory of that.

The main thing you do when you come to Dublin, though, is drink your ass off at night. There are bars everywhere. One classic one is The Temple Bar in the heart of the Temple Bar area. They have live Irish music every night. There’s also a store to buy their merchandise next door. The last night I was there, I joined a pub crawl that took us around to six different bars, of which I don’t really remember them all. The first was the campus bar at Trinity College, which served cans of beer… what’s up with that? We also visited a few dance clubs that played new and older music as well as some techno. The Stag’s Head was a much mellower, sit and drink kind of bar (it’s the second oldest in Dublin). The others I can’t remember, but they had great ambiance...I think.