We took a redeye flight to Ireland, and thankfully Andrew and I ended up having three seats, so Emma slept on the floor. The entire way. Because she's an angel baby made to travel. Multiple passengers around us and flight attendants told us how surprised they were when they saw Emma at the end of the flight when we woke her up during landing.
There was a protest going on downtown when we got there. This made it so the buses couldn't move so we ended up walking most of the way to our hotel (pictured above) with our luggage. It was a beautiful day so it wasn't too bad. That and Andrew rolled my suitcase for me since I was pushing the stroller.
One of the first things we did was tour the Dublin Castle. Very interesting.
Really old part of Dublin Castle.
Just crawling around.
We did the hop-on-hop-off bus while we were in Dublin. Totally worth it. The weather was partly sunny and not cold, so I loved sitting on the upper deck.
Waiting for the bus.
We toured Trinity College and saw the Book of Kells. Andrew was excited to see the library at Trinity because it's so unique. The books are arranged by size so it's very aesthetically pleasing to look at.
We also toured Kilmainham Jail.
One of our only group shots. Andrew was behind the camera for most of the trip.
Emma was happy whenever we let her crawl around on the ground.
After two days in Dublin we rented a car and drove around the countryside for the next two days. Our first stop was Kilkenny Castle.
View from the back
Next stop was Rock of Cashel. This was the coldest part of the trip. I was freeeeeezing.
But we got this cool jumping pic so I'd say it was worth it. The views were pretty cool.
We stayed the night in Cork and started the next day with Blarney Castle. It was my favorite part of the trip! It was a beautiful day and the grounds were gorgeous. We were also able to climb up the castle and explore.
It was a little treacherous getting to the top to kiss the Blarney Stone. I was glad Andrew was wearing Emma and not me. I would have probably tumbled to the bottom.
Kissing the stone was slightly terrifying since we had to bend over backwards over a grate way high up, but the views were awesome.
Irish countryside=the bomb
We drove along the coast for a while and saw Dingle, a small coastal town. That was pretty cool. Our last stop was the Cliffs of Moher. Emma enjoyed crawling around.
We loved Ireland! It was a great spring break trip!
