Wild Women of Western Europe

Mommy/Auntie's European Adventures - Part 2

Last Day in London 

Cultural Night was WICKED Good ! We had amazing seats and the musical was absolutely wonderful!  Thank you Kelly.

This picture of Kelly, with Big Ben in the background, was taken from our capsule atop the London Eye.  It was not nearly as scary as we expected it to be and the sights were beautiful.  In addition to Big Ben, we were able to see Buckingham Palace, the Bullet, Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and much of the city.  Before heading to the theatre we stopped by The Albert for our afternoon Cream Tea.

Daring in Dublin..........

After an evening of theatre we slept for 2 hours and made our way to Dublin where there was a pub literally on every corner.  Despite Kelly's insistence we didn't stop at ALL of them.  We spent our first afternoon wandering around the city.  We stumbled upon a hotel that offered live music and Irish Dancing every night - so, that seemed to be our duty.  To our surprise we found that each table offered the option of pouring your own brew. The music and the dancing were wonderful.   In the picture below is Kelly preparing to "pull a pint." 

Wild Women in Wicklow

Next, we decided to get out and visit the countryside to the south of Dublin - Wicklow County.  Our guide, Kev, took us first to Dun Laoghaire, a small town where people were actually swimming in the extremely cold water.  We headed on to Glendalough where we saw some amazing scenery.  Many of the roads we travelled were very familiar since they are very popular areas for movie filming. Braveheart and PS I Love You were two of the movies filmed in this area.  We stopped at a breathtaking  overlook that  featured the Guiness Estate.  After lunch at a traditional Irish Pub, we headed onto to the Glendalough Monastery.

Kelly and Jan at the overlook to the Guiness Estate.

This is a typical street in the Temple Bar section of Dublin.  

Next stop:  Copenhagen