Date: 30 October 2009 (Friday)
Here it comes our second day in Ireland! This tour took us through the scenic route out of Dubliln through the Wicklow Gap and the Blessington Lakes. Unfortunately the weather was not very good as it was a rainy day. Anyhow most passangers on the bus wanted to take a look at the view point.
Sorry I do not have the Wicklow gap photo due to the rain :(
Next, the tour brought us to Glendalough “Valley of the Two Lakes”. This place is a fascinating monastic settlement in a very beautiful natural setting. According to our tour guide, the monastery was founded by St. Kevin who was a hermit monk that died about 618 AD.
Let's look around at this interesting place! Anyhow we did not walked to the lake as it was raining all day long.
Following the tour guide.
St. Kevin Chapel
What a very green setting!
The Bell Tower has 4 windows, one facing each direction. They were used for storage, but also for refuge during time of attack.
Stream at Glendalough
I just love to see these Autumn golden leaves
The tour continued to the pretty village of Avoca. Whereby it has a reputed Ireland's oldest surviving business, known as Avoca Handweavers.
Above is the shop whereby you can buy souvenirs.
Located above the shop, you can buy their products, but I guess they are quite expensive, anyhow for those who go for the quality, they might be worth to buy.
Our lunch! :)
The tour guide recommended to try Ireland local food here at the Avoca Handweavers Restaurant. So we had Quiche (€12.95), the set which included some broccolies, potatoes and egg with cheese. Besides that we tried the Avoca bread and soup (€5.55) and Hot Chocolate (€3.50). I guess the food was quite expensive as there were nothing special regarding the taste. They are just ordinary taste which serve in many restaurants.
Once we were full enough, we enjoyed the mill tour! Inside, you can see how they weave the knitwears using both the tradisional and also modern weave machine :)
For more information about where we stayed and more interesting places we visited in Dublin, please refer to my two posts before this. Enjoy! :)
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