Day 7, 8, and 9. (by Nic)

Day 7

Slept in a lil bit again. We took a taxi back from Newgrange to Drogheda (and paid €15 instead of the €20 we paid the first time) and made it back literally just in time for the bus to Dublin.

In Dublin we went to cafe shop and got a cream of veggie soup and a roasted veggie sandwich, both of which were very good. We used the Internet to find our next place, the Sandymount Hotel, a 45 min walk away from the center of Dublin.

Day 8 ST PATRICKS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

....where to begin....
9am: we locked up our stuff for the day at the bus station.
10:15am: we were at our viewing spot for the parade with a veggie burger, fries, and chocolate shake :)
12:30pm: the long awaited parade, scheduled to start 12, finally started with over 600,000 people surrounding us on the streets, in buildings, and even on the roofs. It's hard to describe the immaculate costumes and performances that must have taken forever to plan out. But let me just say that it was totally mind blowing!!! We will put up pictures later, but right now we have no way to get the pictures off our camera.
2:30pm: the parade ended and we got a little food in our bellies before we took the 4pm bus to Wicklow, where we are now.
8pm: pizza from a very crowded store, and then bed shortly after :)

Day 9

The owners of the hostel we are staying in, Captain Halpin's Bunkhouse, took us up to a place called Glendalough where there is a national park, Wicklow National Park, and hiking trails, and also an old monastic village. It was all very interesting and i suggest you, whoever you are, look it up! We ended up doing a 5km hike up the side of one of the mountains that looked over a lake. It was very beautiful. At the top we had a lovely picnic of scones, potato salad, and a broccoli salad.

After our hike we came back to Wicklow and went looking for sea glass on the beach, and were quite successful! We had veggie burgers for dinner and then watched The Departed. I'm tired now so my writing is getting worse and worse. I would say it's time for bed. Good night!

Nic