Yesterday I went to Connemara, which is a beauuuuutiful stretch of mountains and hills in County Galway, with two Canadian friends and two Irish friends. Connemara's pretty remote, for Ireland -- about 1.5 hours away from the city of Galway -- and although there are houses in the area, we actually saw more sheep than people. And according to one of my Irish friends (although I can't remember which at the moment), people out there still use DIAL-UP TO GET ON THE INTERNET.
Seriously. Talk about dark ages.
Anyways, I go some incredible pictures. We went to the Connemara National Park, which was GORGEOUS. It was so bizarre to be in a place without power lines! We hiked most of the way up a mountain (I say most of the way because we kept getting to points that we thought were the top and then we'd look up and realize the path kept going up. So we finally decided that NOPE we'd done enough hiking). Here's a shot:
That was absolutely LOVELY. However, it wouldn't be a day in the life without some mishaps. Don't worry! The adventures keep coming.
Long story short, we had some car trouble on the drive back to Dublin. As soon as we got back on the highway, my friend's car started making a loud beeping noise: the parking brake alarm wouldn't stop going off. So we pulled over to check that out, and even when she turned the car off and back on again, it just stayed on.
Obviously, the next step is to call an adult. Her dad met us out on the highway to save the day -- turned out the car was out of brake fluid! -- and we eventually got back on the road (with a few minor bumps, bruises, and laughs along the way) and made it back to Dublin.
I've posted a bunch of pictures on facebook -- although not even half of the ones I'd taken because there are a lot of pictures of just mountains and then I was sweaty from hiking and you don't want to see any of THOSE, let me tell you. Anyways, check out facebook for more pictures. And I'll try to get better at updating.
Love you all!
-Stephanie
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