Greystones
Leaving London, we flew into Dublin for our Sit in Greystones Ireland. Greystones is a coastal town just south of Dublin. Our host Beatrice showed us around her home and introduced us to our "housemates" Pandy and Pearl. Pandy and Pearl are Siamese cats, Pandy the older one and Pearl, a teenager, full of mischief, personality and love. We were also in charge of 2 chickens who liked to sneak into the house.
After a wonderful meal the night we arrived, we settled into our room early that night and the next evening Beatrice left for her holiday. Throughout the week we cared for the chickens who in turn provided us with fresh eggs, visited the town of Greystones and spent time with Pandy and Pearl.
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Pandy was content most days to sleep on the coach and every once in a awhile pay us some attention. She and Pearl were not great friends and she would occasionally hiss at Pearl if Pearl got too close to her.
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Pearl didn't seem to care much and she appeared very interested in us. She would sit on the floor watching us with eyes that looked barely open and one front paw in the air. She would do this for minutes at a time. She loved to play as well as seek out our company. She was a character and so easy to love.
Greystones was a charming, walkable town. Several restaurants, pubs and a very cute coffee shop that we liked to frequent. We would take the bus in and back home. Cute novelty stores and a view of the sea. We found the people very friendly which we found out was not unique to Greystones....
Dublin
We took a train into Dublin from Greystones on a Sunday morning. After a mishap with the bus we finally made it to our hotel in the afternoon. Being seasoned travelers now 😊 we feel we can figure out most public transport systems. Dublin's was confusing. Plenty of buses but somehow it always seemed a struggle to get the right bus. Luckily, the people of Dublin were helpful and yes, very friendly. Anyway, we settled in and decided to see what the neighborhood had to offer.
We had a great pub across the street, The Ivy House were we found the bartenders the friendliest of our journey. I found a very interesting beer, Cute Hoor, and found the brewery's glass pretty cute. Asking if I could buy the glass, the bartender got a clean one, wrapped it up and gave it to me, no charge. We watched the Irish soccer team lose to the Danish team and lose the chance to qualify for the World Cup surrounded by many, many college chaps, ate some great food and even had a patron approached us at the bar one night after overhearing our American accent. She was curious of our political views and our new President. It was a fun conversation.
Dublin was full of life and beautiful. We took a tour one day and ended up getting a very personable lad who had a passion for Dublin and an even bigger passion for Irish soccer. The day we took the tour was also the day the team would be playing that night in Dublin to qualify for the World Cup. He pretty much begged all of us to pray to the Lord that the Irish win over the Danish. It didn't work.
He told us great stories of Dublin. We spent the afternoon on the tour and ended the afternoon with a couple of pints in a cute Dublin pub before heading back to our side of Dublin.
We were sad to leave Dublin, the friendliest city we had encountered but we were looking forward to flying back to England for what would be our last Sit of this incredible journey.
You can see more of my photos of Dublin
here.
Cheers!
Barb
