Sunday, April 22, 2012

Luck o' the Irish




Top of the morning to you.  Okay, nobody ever said that to us.  But they did say charming things like "cheerio" and "brilliant".  In delightful little accents, which were surprisingly hard to understand.  
Anyway, I LOVED IRELAND!  LOVE LOVED.  Ireland was never really on my list of places to go, but now that I've been I can't believe it was never on the list.  Seriously, it's in my top 10 places I've been, likely in the top 5.  I am currently working on ordering them.  Every day I didn't think it could get any better, and then it did!  It lived up to everything you've ever seen or heard about the place.  Green, rolling hills, rock walls, crazy cliffs, castles at every turn, and adorable sheep.  I really wish I could upload all 1487 pictures/I wish you wanted to see all 1487 pictures.  Loved it.  Ready to go back.   The first picture is the Adare manor, where we stayed.  When we told one of the locals that's where we were staying his comment was, "ah, treatin' yourselves are ya?"  We didn't want to admit it was just a good travelzoo.
Giants Causeway




Standing on the edge of the cliffs.  It made my scared of heights heart beat much faster.


Blarney Stone.  Yes, I put hand sanitizer on my lips afterward







Look familiar?  Count of Monte Cristo anyone?