Today was our first truly full day to do with what we wished so we decided to hop on the DART, the regional train, and head down to the coast to visit Dun Laoghaire. This area is home to the National Sailing Club and used to be an old fort. That is actually what Dun means in Gaelic: fort. We left our apartments and made the trek to the Pearse Street DART Station which took about half an hour. Once on the train it was only about a 10 minute ride until we arrived at our destination. I think everyone was floored by the beautiful views and spectacular blues of the water. Then there were hundreds of sailboats to look at. The seven of us walked all along the promenade and rocks out to the lighthouse, with lots of picture taking opportunities in between. After grabbing some ice cream at the light house we walked down to the People's Park to grab some food and souvenirs in the open air market that is held there every Sunday! I had a crepe with ham and cheese and tomato pesto. It was beyond phenomenal! Everything on the island is so fresh and mostly sourced from nearby farms and such. After a brief rest in the grass while playing with the plethora of puppies and babies running wild, we took a stroll through the center of town to admire some of the architecture. We ended up pretty much crashing the end of mass at St. Michael's Church....whoops. At this point we were all pretty tired and hopped back on the DART to make it home to watch the All- Ireland Hurling Final! The two teams ended up tieing so they will play again in three weeks!
In other news, my washing machine broke today and spewed a few inches of water all over the kitchen. Welcome to Dublin I suppose hahah. The landlord is fixing it tomorrow thankfully. I even got to watch the Eagles game today online! Everyone got a chance to watch their hometown team and it was a nice taste of regular life.
It's off to school tomorrow for the first time since May! I'm pretty excited :) Enjoy the pictures!
From Dublin, With Love.
P.S. Whoever said it rains in Ireland lied. It hasn't rained once yet.
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