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European Summer Part IX: Ireland

Published on by Cheryl Lock1 Comment
This view, though!

Hello, friends! Welcome to my final Europe installment … Ireland!

It is so hard to believe that this trip has come to an end. All that planning and booking and prepping is over. And holy cow was it fun 😉 We stayed in this Airbnb about 30 minutes outside of Dublin, and the view was spectacular!

Gracie. Always finding the ladybugs.

On Thursday we spent the day in Dublin. We booked a tour at the Little Museum of Dublin — which was fantastic — got tickets for Saint Patrick’s Cathedral — incredibly beautiful — checked out Grafton Street and the Temple Bar District, walked through St. Stephen’s Green Park, walked across the Ha’penny Bridge, and just generally took in the culture of the place. It was vibrant and alive and fun and festive.

We stopped in at Rolling Donut before our Little Museum tour, and it was so good! They even had vegan options for Emilia!
This tour was so good! They really catered to the kids — although it was amazingly fun for adults, as well — and was less than an hour, which was a really good amount of time for us.
The U2 room was a hit 😉
St Stephen’s Green Park was so pretty. Tons of greenery. Lots of fountains and lakes and ducks. It was quite lovely.
Pretty.
A Guinness in an Irish pub, obviously!
We have thoroughly worn these girls OUT.
The self-guided tour at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral was really interesting, and the church was beautiful.
So pretty.
We walked past the Dublin Castle on our way to dinner, which has a beautiful garden, too.
Boeuf and Frites was a delightful steak house in the Temple Bar neighborhood, although there were ZERO options for pescatarians. Hah! I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it for non-steak lovers.
The Temple Bar neighborhood was bumpin!
And so, so very pretty!
The Ha’penny Bridge was fun to walk across.
And back home to a nightcap. It was a great day.

On Friday we checked out the sweet little town of Enniskerry for breakfast before we headed off to Powerscourt Waterfall (Ireland’s tallest waterfall), the Sally Gap drive (including the P.S. I Love You Bridge) and Brittas Bay Beach. We ended the night with dinner at the very cool Johnnie Fox’s Pub, which is the highest pub in Ireland. It was such a sweet little day.

Pretty and calming waterfall.
The girls had a lot of fun exploring in this area for a bit.
The Sally Gap Drive was incredible, and you go past this P.S. I Love You Bridge, which is in a very picturesque area and was used in the filming of the movie.
How pretty!
The water was freezing, but fun to dip our toes in 😉
Then it was off to the beach! We had such beautiful weather while we were here, so of course the beach was packed. So much fun, though!
Soft-serve with sprinkles on the beach. Summer made.
Johnnie Fox’s had the most fun atmosphere. There was live music, tons of people, the funkiest decor and really good food.
Yum.
Did not regret this pasta with salmon and shrimp at all <3

And that, my friends, is that. Our trip. Done and dusted. Four weeks. Ten countries. ALL THE FOOD AND DRINK. So many memories. It was honestly the best time. And the fact that we had the grandparents with us just pushed it over the edge to amazing.

And now, excuse me while I sleep for the rest of the summer.

Until next time … bis bald, friends!