Irish Countryside

While we were in Dublin we decided that we wanted to see the Ireland countryside.  My group of 12 headed off on a day tour to Wicklow Glendalough; which is the best of the gardens of Ireland. This tour was on a coach and included villages were monks lived, skinny roads along mountains, waterfalls, and lakes. First, due to the rain, I remember us seeing  the Avoca hand weavers in Ballykissangle. We were given the opportunity to Ireland’s oldest mill, established in 1723. This mill made me think of the movie Wanted because they had the same weaving machines.  After the mill, the tour bus took us from little village to little village. The cliffs were just spectacular. I highly recommend you go on a tour to Ireland’s countryside because it beautiful.  I thought it was really cool how the road we were traveling on was pretty much empty. During this tour, I remember us going to Sally Gap, where the movie P.S. I Love You was filmed. After those small villages, we arrived at Glendalough where we had a self guided walk through 6th Century monastic settlements. We were given the opportunity to visit the valley of the two lakes, where a  wedding scene in Braveheart was filmed. When traveling to the Irish countryside, I highly recommend you to a traditional Irish lunch. We had one with potatoes and soup at the pub where Leap Year was filmed.  This tour was cool because we also stopped at Guinness Lake. Guinness Lake is black because of the sand they brought in on the private estate. During the end of our tour, I remember us driving past some of the private estates that Michael Jackson, Tiger woods, and many other famous stars have stayed at. All in all, during this tour, I think we saw the best of Ireland's country side, so I highly recommend it.
After the day tour, we went to out to dinner at Fitzsimons. Fitzsimons is a club on Temple Bar Street. While in Ireland, I recommend you have delicious Irish burger.  We ended up staying there all night because it had five floors. Each floor of Fitzsimons had a different theme so it was like we were going to different places.  I recommend you check out Fitzsimons while in Dublin.