There was some talk of jumping into the water, however after feeling the nice warm northern ocean water, it was quickly decided we would stay dry and walk down a pier to a lighthouse. After a 15 minute walk down the pier we were sorely disappointed. No entrance allowed. Ah well, at least it was a beautiful walk with no rain.
We walked across a ton of what we thought were soccer fields right up along the ocean. We soon were told by the instructor that the fields were used for the national sport of Hurling. Which is an absolutely horrifying combination of lacrose and field hockey. Looked dangerous but fun!
We walked through the streets lined with pubs, shops, pubs and more pubs.
The most beautiful part of our day was by far seeing the St. Nicholas Cathedral. It took my breath away. All stone and sitting right on a river it is full of the Holy Spirit.
We ate dinner at a nice place called the Cellar and they were on top of gluten free which they call 'modified celiac'. Also something we learned is that a toasted bap is the same thing as a hamburger bun.
We headed back to the house and to welcome us home was a huge rainbow over our house.
Then it was out for the night! We went to a couple great pubs and the most surprising thing was how Americanized they were. A lot of them were plying only American 70's music. We did did a great pub called the Spanish Arch which had live traditional Irish music. Kings head was our favorite an we made a note of it for a second stop.
I got to talk to a great Irish couple who knew more politics and u.s. history than me.
Walked a very very far way there and a shorter but what felt like a longer way back, but it was definitely worth it
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