Dublin, Trim and Bray {With my Parents}

Yes it's almost August, but I'm blogging about April.  My parents spent most of April in Europe, how amazing is that?  They came over to Ireland at the beginning of their trip and spent a few days with Brian and I exploring in and around Dublin.

I loved showing them around and having them see a bit of what our life is like on this side of the world.   To get a true Irish experience, we took them to a castle, the country side, the coast and the city.

First stop was one of our favorites - Trim Castle.  It's a perfect mix of castle & ruins, with a great tour of the castle keep.  Since we've done the tour before, we sent Mom & Dad in, and Brian and I took a walk along the river to see some other ruins.

Mom, Dad and I in Trim

Brian and I on our walk

Mom & Dad's pretty pic from the castle keep

Like father...

Like daughter (on a previous trip)

Walking around Trim

After Trim, we drove a bit more around County Meath - stopping off at the Hill of Tara and Drogheda. Because of the late start to spring here, the countryside wasn't as green as I had hoped, but it was still pretty

View from the Hill of Tara

On the hill

Cool stone walls

The next day, we headed south to see the coastal towns of Bray to walk along the cliffs and then drove onto Dalkey for lunch.

Getting coffees to keep warm on the Bray to Graystones walk

Dad checking things out

Parents on the cliffs - again, it wasn't as green as I hoped for

Cliff walk

Everyone on the trail, bundled up

On the Irish sea

My favorite pic of Mom & Dad in Ireland!

Local pub lunch

Irelands phone booths

And back in Dublin, Mom & Dad spend a day looking around before they jetted off to see some more of Europe.

Irish namesake spotting

It was fun having them in town for a weekend.  They were just starting off on an incredible journey around Europe.  Up next, we met them in Venice for a weekend.