Ireland

For an early anniversary celebration Steven took my to Ireland for a long weekend in June. It was a wonderful trip. Dublin was dripping in Irish flags since the Euro Cup was going on.

 There are many funny stories from this trip. As anyone who knows me knows sometimes I do stupid things. Well, this ones a doozy. We had a 6 am flight from London to Dublin, which meant we had to leave our house at 4 am. So of course we didn't have time to eat. We flew with a cheap company called Ryan air. They don't have assigned seats so it is first come first serve. Once they announce which gate you will be leaving from it is a mad dash to get in line. Steven and I won this dash and were first. After a minute no one else had arrived so Steven thought he had time to go get food. Leaving his passport, ticket and bag with me. As soon as he is out of sight everyone else from the flight has shown up and the line is a mile long. Five minutes later he is not back and they are ready to board. I am first in line and the stewardess is starring at me asking for my passport and ticket. A normal person would get out of line and wait for their husband. But not me, I stick his passport and ticket on the chair next to me, put his bag on top of it and give the lady my ticket and get on the plane. As soon as I do this I realize what a stupid mistake I have made and of course there is no phone service. I was so relieved to see Steven get on the plane, until I realized how angry he was with me.

While we were there we took a tour of the Guinness factory. I am not a fan of beer, but Steven likes it. The building is one of the coolest I have ever seen. The top level of the seven story factory is called the sky bar. It is a circular room completely made out of glass with the most amazing view in all of Dublin. 

We also got to see St. Patrick's Cathedral which was stunning.

Here is one of Steven's favorite stories from our trip. When we were walking back to our rental car after leaving the cathedral I stepped on something in the street. It was like it happened in slow motion. As soon as my foot touched it I closed my eyes and got a sick feeling in my stomach. I didn't even need to look down to know what it was. A dead rat. I don't think I have ever heard Steven laugh so hard.

On our last day there we drove an hour south of Dublin to a town called Glendalough. There is a very old cemetery there and a nature trail. At first we were disappointed because it was raining. But it turned out to be great! Because it was raining there was a ton of water coming down from the mountains creating beautiful temporary waterfalls. I cant even describe the beauty we saw during out two hour walk. Here are some pictures of what we saw.

On our way back to Dublin from Glendalough Steven decided to take a dirt road detour. In our tiny little Nissan Micra rental car. As soon as he turns down the narrowest up hill dirt road I have ever seen our GPS says "recalculating... continue five miles..." And we bust out laughing. No less than thirty seconds later we come into a clearing where we see one of the most beautiful views we have ever seen, and take our favorite picture of the trip.

As I mentioned earlier we flew with the cheapest company to Ireland. This company crams as many seats onto their planes as possible. And apparently people in Europe don't believe in showering regularly or deodorant.. It was a lovely flight home.