You may have noticed that we have been absent for a good bit here on the blog. However, if you follow any of our social media accounts, you would know it was because we were honeymooning in Ireland! Yes, we got married two years ago, but a late honeymoon is better than a non-existent one, wouldn’t you say? We had a 16-hour layover in Iceland since we flew WOW Air (more to come on that airline later), so we got to explore Keflavik very briefly. Then we were back on the plane, sleep-deprived and body-confused, and arrived in Dublin in the morning. Look at our map below to see our exact route–starting in Dublin and going north then counter-clockwise the WHOLE island. We’ll share with you pictures for now based on each location (of course we can’t show every little place, we did lots of driving and saw lots of things!), we hope you enjoy!
Iceland
A cool mural at the airport
Amazing fish
Belfast
Incredible history
Yummy food!
An amazing museum about the Titanic (since it was built in Belfast). These people know how to make museums!
Glenariff Forest Park
An absolutely stunning area on our way to the Giant’s Causeway
Experienced true hospitality here when we ran out of pounds and the store owner helped us out to pay for parking
Giant’s Causeway
Giant’s Causeway is a natural (mind-blowing) phenomenon and absolutely stunning
Driving through the North to the West (great B&B!)
Lots of cider drinking!
We stayed at Moy Bed & Breakfast with Pat and Rita, which were two of the most wonderful people we met in Ireland. They took amazing photos of us. We recommend you stay there if you go to Ireland!
Pat!
Connemara National Park & Diamond Mountain
A super windy intense hike!
Nearby Connemara was Kylemore Abbey
Cliffs of Moher
Driving around the West Coast
Chris’ favorite bite to eat!
Obligatory road snacks
Fun coolant problems (not)
Valentia Island
We spent our actual anniversary (May 14) on Valentia Island at the Royal Valentia which is a classy, old hotel fit enough for a prince (Prince Albert once stayed there)
First tetrapod!
Cork
We went to Cork (beautiful town) and met up with dear friend Kathleen and she showed us around town
Found our favorite cider!
Blarney Castle
Scary dungeons
Kissing the Blarney Stone
Beautiful estate
Rock of Cashel
Dublin
Our car
Found an incredible sweets shop!
Fun eats
Another amazing museum with great technology–the EPIC museum (about emigration)
Famine sculptures
Trinity College was AMAZING
SO MANY BOOKS
Saw the Book of Kells!
Great book I read throughout the trip
Seven days was the perfect amount of time in Ireland, we felt. Though we packed too much in our trip (felt like skimming an entire book), we learned so much about the country and its wonderful people. The Irish are an old people without the condescension that come from centuries of fascinating and difficult history. We experienced incredible hospitality, beautiful countrysides, and a wonderful adventure. This trip completely changed the way we see Ireland and the Irish people. We have a deeper understanding of them now and respect and admire them all the more for it. Ireland truly is a wonderful place and I would recommend to anyone. More posts to come, perhaps, on our trip with different tips or locations to hit up! And as always, stay hungry and fit!
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