Dublin well actually Howth

Our trip to Ireland was wonderful.  We flew out of Krakow and were in Ireland in a matter of hours.  The plan was to go on a walking tour of Dublin on our first morning and then do a walking tour of Howth on our second morning, but once we got to the meeting point we decided to go on the Howth tour the first day.  Everything online about the tour talked about clear days.  When I was reading about this tour online I thought to myself, yeah right clear days in the middle of November, but the first day it was sunny and beautiful.  So off we went to Howth. 

 After a short train ride we were there.  Our first stop was the harbor where we were lucky enough to see an enormous seal.  I didn’t know that seals got so big!!!

Then we went to the Howth Castle.  Someone still lives in the castle today!  We walked around the grounds that are now a golf course and then up through the forest.  

The forest opened up to a clearing on top of a hill and we were able to see some great views of Howth, Dublin, and a lot of Ireland. 

We walked back down the other side of a mountain for some more breathtaking views, saw some adorable houses and ate a fantastic lunch!  I had muscles in a incredible garlic cream sauce and Kayla had fish and chips.

Our tour ended with a cliff walk back to the train station.  It was an amazing first day!!