Ireland

The past two days I was lucky enough to spend in beautiful Ireland. My friend Ryan and I flew into Dublin on Friday morning. We spent the whole first day exploring the city and visiting the major sites such as the Guinness Storehouse, Christ Church, St. Patricks Cathedral, Temple Bar, and Trinity College.
(Christ Church)
The Guinness storehouse was really cool and informative for me because i know absolutely nothing about making beer. It explains the whole process and the history behind Guinness. Once you reach the top they give you your pint of Guinness. It was a first time experience for me, and it wasn't too bad.

The other sites were great as well and brought back memories from when I was in Dublin with my choir in 2005.
Saturday we took a guided tour through the Irish countryside to the towns of Glendalough and Kilkenny. Glendalough is known as the valley of two lakes and is also home to an ancient monastery. Kilkenny was a quaint Irish town with lots of history and interesting sites as well. The best part though was we happened to be there during the day of a parade when they were honoring retired soldiers, so we got to see a whole procession of Bagpipes.
The drive itself was beautiful with all of the green rolling hills and tons of adorable new born sheep.

Today is my first day in Edinburgh, Scotland and tomorrow I will be going up to the Highlands and Loch Ness. I will be sure to update when I can but I will not be able to post pictures until I am back in Angers.