alive.

IRELAND!

Awesome Jameson chandelier in our hostel, definitely going to remake this

beautiful church in Dublin

bridge connecting two churches

more pretty churches

this is inside Dublin Castle, which is still used for government offices

independence of Ireland

hallway to the official offices

chandelier again

the panel next to the fireplace was originally used to shield women's faces from the heat because it would melt off their makeup, hence the term, "saving face"

enormous throne

what was once the great dining room

ceiling of the Great Hall

clock tower outside of the Dublin Castle

this was underneath the castle where they excavated to find original parts of the castle, you can still see remains of the walls that were bordered by moats

Fun start to the trip and next we were off to the Guinness Factory!

BATH RUGBY

pre game pep talk

nice catch

heave-ho

CHARGE!

fierce

Bath RUGBY won in the end, that's all that matters. Go team!

ddd, clickity clack, Welsh!

Cardiff Castle in Wales

gateway into the castle

another part of the castle house

Castle Tower

Castle House again

A Chrissy sized door in the castle, apparently everyone was shorter then, or as I call it, my height

wall inside the castle tower

stairs up to the top

Welsh flag

looking out..

made it to the top

HANDS DOWN THE MOST AMAZING PART OF OUR TRIP! I got to meet this owl at Cardiff Castle and I loved every second of it.

windows inside the castle house

ceiling inside the Spanish room

ceiling in the Great Hall

performer's stage

decorations

grand fireplace

and this was in the library, it contains representations of the 5 ancient languages

the trip was going well, until...

we got busted for trying to steal that awesome owl.

castle from across the yard

Olympic Stadium! USA USA USA

Wales loves dragons and unicorns... NERDS. just kidding.

so that was Wales, we liked it, except everyone cried, not really but we couldn't understand that crazy language, too many consonants and not enough vowels, nice castle though