Irish Countryside Jauntings: A Day in County Wicklow
Since in Ireland they drive on the opposite side of the road, we decided to hire a driver for a jaunt out to the countryside instead of renting a car. (I still think this was a good idea, since I'd have gotten in about seventeen wrecks in the twenty miles, but Taylor thinks he can drive it now that he's seen it. Maybe we'll find out another time.) Our driver, Ciaran, picked us up at 9 a.m. and took us along the coast through Dalkey, a seaside resort where Michelle Obama has stopped to have a drink in a local pub and where the author Maeve Binchy used to drink as well. The theme of Ireland: drinking. Dublin isn't a very big city, so it didn't take very long until we were beyond the suburb and passing through fields full of fluffy sheep with black faces, en route to Glendalough in County Wicklow. It's famous for its scenery, including two beautiful lakes and a monastic site founded by St. Kevin and dating back to the tenth through twelfth centuries. ...