On to Dublin

After our driver picked us up f rom our  home stay family, we headed out to the Gap of Dunloe.  Our first activity was riding the horse drawn jaunty 7 miles through the countryside.  We had 3-4 students per wagon with an adult.  It did rain today quite a bit, but we perservered! The scenery, riding in the cart pulled by the wagon, and even the rain, made it that much more special!  Granted, I would have taken a lot more pictures if the weather had been better, but...oh well!  We ended our horse drawn jaunty ride at a hunters lodge...hot soup, a sandwich, crisps (aka potato chips), and a piece of chocolate... dried out a little bit...and then took off on a boat ride through the Lakes of Kilarney..in the rain.  the mist, the mist which was quite heavy at times.  It took about an hour, passing under a 300 year old stone bridge and then another 150 year old stone bridge...we ended at a castle.  We were more concerned at that point with hot chocolate!

This bridge is 300+ years old!  It's on one of the Lakes of Kilarney

Our boat ride on the Lakes of Kilarney

 Our warm, dry coach looked incredibly good ... and off we went towards Dublin.

Dublin was about a 4 hour drive...and we stopped about halfway for a bathroom break and a snack break...

Now here we are in Dublin... Dublin, Ireland!  We're hoping and praying for no rain tomorrow!

It's now the end of Day 3!