Dublin Day two
The alarm wakes us at 7:00. Today we spend with Wild Wicklow Tours and we need to be punctual! No shampoo for my long locks, just bangs- dress and get lost en route to breakfast;)
Sleepy us
Raoul

Egg 'tortilla' with Bermuda onions and  potato, grapefruit segments, orange juice and a raisin bun with decaf

Jameson Estate
Powers Court
Kilmacanogue  
Avoca stop for WC and tea,coffee, and vanilla pear scone with cream and raspberry jam. Heavenly

Wicklow County granite

40 shades of green by Johnny Cash
When Scotch pine die- beech, sycamore and ash will b planted.
Heather atop a Peat bog 
Preservation by Bellamy
See the source of River Liffey .

Loch Brave
(Long way ro Tipperary song) sung by our driver Joe.
Beatles stayed at Guinness Estate. Movies made here include:
Braveheart
PS I love You
Viking series of five shows

Stopping in Laragh for lunch. I order the Guinness
Beef Stew with Irish Soda Bread and Harp.

Rainy in Glendalough,home of St. Kevin's church and the 5 story Bell Tower. We take a few pics of the cemetery, 800 years old.

Lost our bus, found our bus. Rewarded with a shot of Jameson's, Dan gets two!
Returning to Dublin we taxi to ship and get a cocktail then are seated for dinner. Next to Kathy and John! Nice to see them;)
I have Caesar and coq au vin, Dan orders a Bordeaux wine! Love those tannins. . . 

Todays parfum is a Rose

Then we dance to the Nexus band cheek to cheek and the Belfast lecturer speaks about the Titanic and the harbor.
Now bedtime! 


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