Saturday morning we headed to the Guinness Brewery, as every good college student must do when in Dublin. Personally, I could have skipped it and spent more time in the city instead, but it ended up being pretty interesting and had a great view at the top. Sadly, I was sick and chose not to redeem my free pint at the bar, but I'm sure I'll make up for it later at some point. The "Gravity Bar" in the storehouse is the highest point in central Dublin, though, so that was nice to make it to. And the history of Guinness was pretty cool as well.
After Guinness, we headed out to Howth, which was a fairly short train ride from central Dublin. In fact, I think we spent more time trying to find the train station than we did on the train. Howth is considered a suburb of Dublin and is a beautiful fishing town on the coast. It's amazing to see a beautiful place so close to a fairly large city that hasn't yet been completely commercialized. Up on the hillside was plenty of land and smaller homes (along with larger ones, too), but no resorts or anything of the sort. Refreshing.
When we arrived, I saw a few things that reminded me of some people at home:
Grandma - because of the script writing and pretty light blue color:
Grandpa - Howth Angling Center, what more needs to be said?
Mom - the pretty hanging baskets and that one brighter pink color you like:
Dad - fresh fish!
Adam - just look at the resemblance:
Howth was gorgeous and relaxing, exactly what I needed. We ended up sitting at this one place for a long time, dangling our feet out over the water. Here are a few pictures from near the harbor (harbour?), but take a look at the album for more with descriptions.
We decided to try to walk over to the cliffs and just explore for a while, finding this rope along the way:
We soon made our way up to some hills for some even more beautiful views. Here are our shadows:
Hm, well if I keep going at this rate, I'll end up posting all of the pictures in the album.
Anyway, it was a great day to relax before heading back early Sunday morning for London. I'd love to get back to the Irish countryside sometime, but I think Dublin was even more expensive than London.
Howth was quite the highlight, though, and I just wish you could all be here to enjoy it too!
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2 comments:
I'm glad you gave a pronunciation guide, since I was saying Howth like somebody with a lisp would if they asked you, "Howth it going?"
You know me and the water, so I'm sold on Howth even without going there! How gorgeous...and of course, the land where probably some of my Irish ancestry walked...I believe it was the McGonegal side of the family. Any Beaupres able to verify that?
Haven't viewed the photo album yet, but I've seen plenty here to warrant a formidable entry into that photo contest you mentioned!
You sure are a big city girl, Haley, to feel at home back in the comfort of the megalopolis. South Bend is going to seem like...well, let's not go there!
Take care, get better, miss you!
Love,
Dad
"I think Dublin was even more expensive than London." uh oh now i'm scared. haha
love the pictures! love you!
love,
nicole
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