Howth

Today is a freeday, yay! Time to explore and see what is out and about here in Ireland-I’m super excited. On the way to Howth, a small sea port town 30 minutes outside of Dublin. Locating O’connell station and taking the Dart was the best experience to really immersing myself into the community and to familiarize with the street locations. Additionally going as a half a group to sightsee was a fun bonding experience.

Our group for the day consisted of: Kaleigh, Bob, Brett, Mani, Rahul, Anna, Beven, David, and Patrick. Heading over was great we made it to Howth and decided to see the closest lighthouse and eat some lunch. Goal of the day was to head back by 2pm to see about tickets for a soccer/ football match against Turkey. The town was more beautiful than I was picturing, it reminded me a lot of New England, but greener. It was a sleepy little town we got there about 9 am, and the shops we’re barely setting up to open! It’s funny how businesses around Dublin and Howth are more relaxed about opening and they close really early, like around 6 or 8pm (even on Fridays).

The day went well! Highlight of the trip was taking a fun group picture on the rocks with Rahuls camera. I also had the BEST lobster ever at a nice little restaurant. However our lunch was cute super short because we literally had to run and catch the DART back into Dublin. It was an eat now taste later kind of situation. I took the biggest bites and I didn’t finish my salad or boiled potatoes. Which was a shame because that was the best meal I have had in such a very long time…The sea side was picturesque, a nice change from Dublin city life, and to see the water was absolutely lovely! Howth was a great trip-thanks Kaleigh!