Blogs from County Wicklow, Ireland, Europe - page 5

It's over. Our relationship just hasn't been working for a while, and now, this is it. I'm leaving you to find my inner pig. I know this isn't a good time. Fact is, I cannot continue being second best. That said, I just can't continue with this relationship any longer. I am going to have some fun, let my hair down. I will be in touch with you soon. Yours PIG... :) ... read more

THE WICKLOW WAY The Wicklow Way is Ireland’s most popular way marked trail- winding over 100 kilometres through the high heather hills south of Dublin. It’s proximity to the city means that at its northern end at least, it gets a fair amount of traffic. That said, as its Ireland, it’s still very quiet and you can walk for miles without meeting more than a handful of fellow travellers. In the past year we’ve walked both ends but for some reason we never managed to cook up a plan to do the remoter ‘middle bit’ south of Glendalough between Aughavannagh and Moyne. Just after Christmas we resolved to do something about this mental Bermuda Triangle and got ourselves sorted with some accommodation in Aughavannagh valley in the pretty Aughavannagh Cottage - a lovely Irish cottage to ... read more

We arrived at Dublin airport and Anne was waiting for us at the arrival gate camera in hand taking a very bad shot of a scraggly looking Soph and Owen. Thanks! Owen had arranged to hire a car for our time in Ireland, they drive on the left hand side of the road and we weren’t staying in central Dublin so a car was really the best way to get around. We headed off to find our way to Enniskerry, which is a very small town around 20 mins outside of Dublin, in other words out in the country. The hostel we were staying in was called Knockree Hostel and was a 5-10min drive out of Enniskerry, it was a fantastic Hostel which had only just recently been established and the staff there were great. Being ... read more

Let me just begin by saying that I am no good at coming up with super creative blog names. I noticed that many other bloggers on the web have the most creative, interesting, mysterious, draw-you-in blog entry titles that always put mine to shame. So, in order to try and fit in with all the cool bloggers I changed this entry from 'Airshow weekend in Bray' to something about a plane flying into a ferris wheel. Pretty sick huh?I mostly do this so I can have more interesting blogs for yourself to read, and realize that it is slightly immature and corney but I do it all for your literary enjoyment. You can try it too. When thinking about writing about something that happened, instead of just writing what you did, try discussing the main event ... read more

So, I have been driving in Ireland for 4 days now. Here is a list of my lift of the good, the bad, and the ugly of driving while Irish. The Good -Respect for the passing lane!!!! People DON'T sit in the passing lane forever on the freeways here! -New and well maintained roads. Apparently the EU has spent a lot of money to update the road system here, well worth it! -Polite and confident drivers. They won't run you off the road, but they'll beep a little if they have to. (and with me in a roundabout, they had to) -I am driving a great little Toyota Corrolla, very nice! (no AC though) The Bad -Shifting with my left hand. It is very difficult to be shifting with your left hand and trying to use ... read more