Life01 Aug 2016 06:50 pm

This is the house where we are staying. I love all the stone and brick everywhere.

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It is very quiet and picturesque. This is the view all around.

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Today we started our real adventures. The kids and I slept until 10 this morning (though I was up in the night for a bit) after going to bed around 7:30-8. We had breakfast and then went on the road.

Our first stop was magic hill. It’s a small hill where you stop at the bottom, put your car in neutral and the hill pulls you up the hill. It’s the weirdest thing and your mind has trouble believing it to be true. (It’s an optical illusion).

Then we went off to see the long women’s grave. It’s an interesting tale about a tall woman from Spain who died at the top of the mountain when she discovered she had left home for a man who actually owned a little bit of land instead of the great riches she had thought. We hiked up to the top of the mountain and had a picnic.

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It was quite windy at the top so this pair decided to try fly by flapping their wings.

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This is looking out at Northern Ireland.
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After our good hike and passing many pastures of sheep, we visited a really old castle. We had a blast climbing around, in and on the castle built in the thirteenth century. Some of the walls had walkways inside of them with small slits for archers to defend the castle.

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Our last stop of the day was a church with a tower next to it. When pillagers when come, they protected the church’s treasures by putting them in the tower and pulling up the ladder.

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2 Responses to “Day 2 – Dublin”

  1. on 02 Aug 2016 at 8:33 pm Carli

    Gorgeous photos! Looks like you guys are having so much fun.

  2. on 03 Aug 2016 at 10:02 pm MaryBeth Loewen

    So amazing! I love to imagine what the castle walls must have seen. Its amazing to think how much history they have survived through.

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