We got there early evening Friday, so we didn't really do much that night except go out to eat and settle in to our hostel. We made friends with the person at the front desk and got advice to go on a day trip to Wicklow. So Saturday we got up and had breakfast (Yes real breakfast! Eggs, ham, sausage, hashbrowns...in Spain we get two pieces of toast every morning, so this was a gold mine!) Then we took a bus tour to Wicklow. Our bus driver was a cute little old man with an Irish accent, who made the trip ten times better. And he sang to us to keep us entertained. We got to drive by a place where they filmed some of Braveheart and we stopped to take pictures on a bridge where P.S. I Love You was filmed!! That was pretty cool! Then we stopped and had lunch in a town called Avoca, where they filmed the tv show Bally Kiss Angel. I have never seen it before, but now I can say I have ate at the restaurant of that show.
Sunday, we went to The National Leprechaun Museum! Yes, I'm sure you are jealous...I would be. We were really excited for this, but then once we got there is was most definitely not worth 8 euros. I may have been cool for 4 year olds, but not so much for us. We did get some fun pictures though, and learned about Leprechauns(real ones, not the Lucky Charm version) and other Irish fairies. Our tour guide told us a story of how the government paid 12 million dollars to make a road way out of the way, so they wouldn't have to chop down a fairy tree. These people take their fairies seriously! Then we went and saw St. Patrick's cathedral. We didn't go inside, just looked at it. Then we finished the day at The Guinness Museum. It was pretty interesting and fun to see. Some of my friends became certified Guinness Pourers. They even got a certificate.
It was a very good trip, but unfortunately I didn't have any luck finding a four leaf clover. :)
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