just telling you that it's beautiful is not enough, so here we go....
this was our first stop on the tour. it only took about 20-30 minutes to get to this point from Dublin. my camera does not do this view justice.
our next stop was lower loch bré (pronounced 'bray').
it's 40 meters deep, always crazy cold and sort of tucked into the countryside. the water is a dark, almost black color that sparkles in the sunlight. Gorgeous!
i'm super brave, so i felt the water.
in case you couldn't tell, it was pretty windy.
on our hike back to the bus we saw two guys in wet suits walking towards the water with their stand-up paddle boards.
i said "it's a bit cold."
one replied (in an Irish accent, of course) "eh, this es mild, you should see it when its snowin"
the colors of this photo are a bit off because it was taken from inside of our tour bus, but it was important to include because you can see the bogs pretty well AND it's the valley that Braveheart was filmed in :) !!
and now, the moment you've all been waiting for......
the bridge from P.S. I Love You (lol)
this is where Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler first meet in the movie. we spent a lot of time here - more than our tour guide appreciated. it was a pretty bridge/area to enjoy even for non-movie fans.
i was under the impression that if you just walk down this road, a cute Irishman will appear from nowhere and you'll fall in love.
damn it Hollywood, you've let me down again.
Gerard wasn't under the bridge either...
Anyway, that doesn't even cover half of the day, but it's 1am and we're moving into the dorms tomorrow, so i'm going to sleep.
Don't worry, more pics from Day 4 to come...
i'll leave you with a funny Irish proverb that i heard today:
"An Irish man loves his girlfriend the most,
his wife the best,
but his mother the longest."
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