Dublin Through Pictures Part 2

After what S commented in my previous post, I couldn't skip this part of the trip which I was planning to skip past. The makeover. Had to follow instructions on how to pose some more. Torturing lah. But the end result:
They even made a video of it but I won't be posting it here. Let them do what they want with it. They should consider changing profession already.

Next day, we continued with the tour of the city and then the day tour to Wicklow.


Our bus driver/ tour guide was really jolly and talkative. Too bad that his tone of voice of monotonous and I did slept off a few times during the tour.

Our first stop was Glencree valley, which means Valley of the Heart. There was a lovely Lilac coloured cafe there and a German cemetery.


Our tour guide told us that Prince Charles planted a tree during his visit here and asked us to look for it. In the end, he said, shortly after the tree was planted, a sheep came along and ate it. Then being Irish, they just planted another one and didn't inform him.

We passed by famous filming spots in the Wicklow Mountains. Brave Heart was filmed here instead of Scotland.

Sally Gap

Did you notice the plant which looked like dry grass covering the ground, they call it wild bog lands and the thing which I'm holding is compact bog used as fuel. Now I'm wondering if I can just compact any soil and use it as fuel...hmmm.

This part is Guiness's land. See how the black lake with sand on top look like a pint of Guiness? Now, if you're wondering how did the sand get to this lake high up in the mountains, our guide told us that Guiness transported sand from a beach in France which they owned all the way here just to create that effect. Now, this is what I call for the sake of art!

Glandalough:

Round tower where the entrance to it was about 3 metres high.St. Kevin's Chapel

The story of this Chapel was that there was once 30 Austrians went into this Chapel and started singing. Their voices could be heard 2 miles away at Avoca village and the villagers couldn't figure out where did the sound come from. Amazing! The whole structure was fully built from stones, including the roof. The roof let light in but not water.

We had a long walk through Glendalough, passing beautiful lakes and scenery. Some of the photos really looked like I was cut and pasted into them.


Reached Meeting of the Waters :This was taken from a souvenir shop as ML and I wanted to buy some souvenir even if the stop was just for 10 minutes.

Finally, after feeling really hungry, we stopped at Avoca village for lunch. I think they really like Lilac colour as the cafe we ate in was coloured in Lilac.

Due to great hunger, the food was finished before we remembered about taking photos first. Never mind, service was excellent, the Irish beef stew which I ordered was delicious. Having warm food in this cold weather was like heaven to me.Houses in this village was very cute. Each was painted in a different colour. Tour guide asked us to come back to the bus at quarter past 3.

Then he added, 'To our American friends, that's 3.15'. It was so funny. But I think nowadays, everyone would have come across different ways of telling the time.

Finally, we made our way back to the city centre. Stopped by Butler's Chocolate Cafe. I shared Hot Chocolate with Cookie with ML. It tasted really good. The chocolate drink itself was really smooth and it wasn't too thick. Just nice. They even gave us a complimentary Easter egg.
Finally, the last night with S. She made us Lo Mai Kai, which was more like porridge, but still delicious. The curry chicken was really really nice! You're welcome to come to Liverpool any time as well provided that you make curry chicken for me. Hehehe...Now, to start on my CTM. Haih....back to reality. Can't wait for the next holiday to start.