Jack McDade

Morning, Day Two

Posted on 30. Mar, 2009 by Jack in Ireland

Well we made it through the first day. Not like it was a chore or anything, but it was challenging. Not having slept on the plane made it a bit tough into the afternoon.

Dublin was beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Not a cloud in the sky until late afternoon, the sun was just lighting the city up. Flowers everywhere, trees budding and leafing out, ducks swans on the water, and people in the streets playing music, shopping, playing hacky-sack and just lounging in the grass.

We spent most of our time in center of the city, walking the shops, staring up at the towering Dublin Castle, enjoying the tranquility of Trinity College (thanks for the tip Ian! [the car rental guy]), grabbing a lunch on the river cutting through the city, and then trying to find the Guinness factory. Once we found it…well, it was too late to go in. No worries though, we got to see the city thoroughly.

Once it hit 2pm however, we started to crash. We had been up about 30 hours, and driving on the left side of the road required more concentration that i really had, so we rolled out and headed south in to Arklow, just south of the Wicklow mountains. We’re planning on heading to Waterford in a little while after an Irish tea and breakfast here at The Gables Bed & Breakfast.

More to come soon, and a few pictures to boot! Satellite internet is slow on the upload, so there won’t be too many unfortunately.