Relaxation, here I come!

This weekend Colleen, Molly, Sarah and I travelled into the mountains of Wicklow to have a relaxing stay at the Pinewood Lodge Bed and Breakfast. It was without a doubt, the most relaxing, silly and fun weekend I have had in this country. We saw castles, and towers, and churches, and sheep, and fields and finally molly sarah and I got our irish sweaters! The town we stayed in was Glendalough, and within the town (in the national park) there is a tower that the Book of Kells was kept in during the monastic times. The monks would stay up in their tower and pour hot oil down on the vikings as they were attacking. And Braveheart was filmed in the town. So our middle of nowhere-picked randomly small town was actually a secret tourist spot. Just our luck! But it was a really nice and quiet weekend none the less.

happy campers

 There isn't a long blog post to go with this, cause I don't think I really could explain a relaxing weekend in the country with my words. So I thought I'd just share some of the pictures from this weekend, so you'd get a sense of my life. Also, after this Thursday, I am officially halfway through my semester, with only six more weeks of classes. Crazy right? Before I know it I'll be flying back into the snow. I can't wait.

it only makes me miss home more

look! marshmellows are black here

cool view by sarah from inside the church

rapunzel rapunzel let down your long hair

just some local peaceful monks in the monastic city

yet another great shot by miss sarah

my bed and breakfast crew

sunshine makes me happy

a river runs through it. literally, through
the park

a haunting view of glendalough

what!? sheep in ireland!

molly's joke was hilarious apparently

wonderful sculpture in the woods, reminds me of you dad

pretty waterfalls

shamrocks- just for you grandpa

a fairy house, hidden in the woods

sweet depth perception, don't cha think?

just pretend molly's in the air

i love the grave markers here

what's the main color in ireland again?

you have NO idea how hard it was getting us all up
in that tree.

sarah is just so artsy fartsy. i had to steal a bunch of her pictures

intense conversations while we walked

did i mention it was pouring?

we travel around ireland by sitting on the sides of roads and
wishing we were somewhere else. you should try it
sometime

That's about all for now folks, next weekend there are no plans as of yet, but i'm sure I'll find some. For now I'll just wear my new sweater and be a happy camper...well, as happy as you can be in a country full of fields and rain.

Always thinking of my green mountains,

K

i swear, one of these days i'm just gonna put a picture of vt on here.
colleen took this lovely panoramic