It has always been a dream of mine to hike through the Wicklow Mountians of Ireland. I am a big fan of the outdoors and love nature. With that said for a few days of my spring break I decided to go to Ireland. About 45 minutes outside of Dublin there is an unbelievable mountian region. I can not comment anything about Dublin because I did not go there, however I here if you are looking for a fun big city than go. The first day I was there I went to Glendalough and this was in the heart of the Wicklow Mountian National Park. At this location was St. Kevin Monastery built in the 6th century. Being a history major i had to go there. It was very cool, walking in the ruins was very moving. With it being in a national park there was nature trails all over the mountians. We decided to go on one trail up this mountain to this water fall. BEAUTIFUL. Everywhere you looked it was just amazing. Ireland was so green and breath taking. Next we decided to hike down to the upper lake. Looking out on the lake and seeing the mountains behind it was amazing. I knew that I will never forget that image for as long as I live. Walking on another trail along the upper lake I spotted a place called St Kevin's Den. Walking to that location I read the little insert and it said that this very spot was where St. Kevin ( the monk who founded the Monastery) would come an meditate. So i did the same. I was still and just took in God's unbelieveable creation. Religious or not i would highly encourage anyone to visit Glendalough because it indeed is one of the mose beautiful places I have ever been. The next day we visited the Powerscourt Gardens near the famous sugar loaf mountian. The gardens were pretty but i would only go in the summer time because the majority of the gardens were not in bloom. Irish pubs are just like the movies. Fun and good music. Please visit Ireland because I promise you will enjoy every minute of it.
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