glendalough was awesome!!!!!! its in wicklow county, near bray. we took the bus to a national park there. it had some old medieval churches, but then we walked further down these beautiful trails, and came up on some lakes. it was gorgeous outside because it was raining and all the greens in the forest were sooooo bright! it was perfect. you loo...

this was a national park about an hour and a half from Dublin that offered some gorgeous, absolutely stunning views... i arrived in the afternoon, dropped my bags and headed out for a short walk until the sun went down.. its amazing how early the sun sets here... next day i woke up early and was so excited to spend a whole day out hiking and wal...

Today we took our second tour in two days, but this time we toured the south of Dublin as opposed to the north yesterday. The company was called "Wild Wicklow Tours" and it wasn't exactly wild, but we did have a lot of fun. Our tour guide's name was Michael, a history and geography teacher here in Ireland. His happy-go-lucky philosophy transferr...

Last weekend we decided to get out and do something fun. On Saturday we went to a pub right in the city to watch the rugby grand final between Munster (Irish team) and Biarritz (French team). The atmosphere in the pub was fantastic. They were all singing and celebrating the Munster win. We happened to find a spot right next to the only table of ...

49.4 km I have now discovered my own personal hell. They're called the #$*@& Wicklow Mountains. Today I seriously wondered what the heck I had gotten myself into. See, here's where my issue with directions came into play. Nope, didn't get lost. But if you hadn't been on a bike for 8 years, then came up with a bright idea 2 months ago to buy ...

Glendalough, Ireland Alex: Garfield the Cat always had a fear and loathing of Mondays, and on Monday the 13th, well he just wouldn't even bother getting out of bed. A very wise cat in his own way. Ricki and I have not overly enjoyed Ireland so far, but it hasn't really been Ireland's fault. More than anything it's been lack of sleep, which has m...