Yesterday (Saturday) Emily and I went on a bus tour to County Wicklow, considered the "Garden of Ireland" only about an hour drive from Dublin. We first drove to the small seaside Dublin suburb of Bray and walked around and took in some lovely ocean views.
We then headed further into Co. Wicklow to Powerscourt House and Gardens where we walked around the 47 acres of beautiful gardens and soaked in the sun. Powerscourt Gardens consists of an Italian Garden, a Japanese Garden, a Walled Garden, as well as two ponds and a pet cemetery. We walked around the entire place and then enjoyed lunch on a terrace overlooking the gardens.
After the Gardens we got back on the bus and headed deeper into the mountains to the monastic settlement of Glendalough. There we learned a little about the monks and people that used to live there, but we mainly took in the mountain scenery and also walked down to one of the two lakes in the area. It was a beautiful day and all of the mountains, hills, and trees reminded us of being back on the west coast of the U.S.
Emily and I were ecstatic we had such lovely weather and were able to spend, what was probably the last sunny and warm day we'll have, outside.
Hope everyone is well and is still enjoying the blog! We will be in southern Ireland this weekend so next post will most likely be on Monday :)
Thanks for reading,
Sam and Emily
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