Wicklow Mountains

Wicklow I wish that I could figure out how to upload pictures straight to this blog so I could try to show you how pristine the Irish countryside of the Wicklow Mountains is. We took a day trip out yesterday as a refresher after being surrounded by people yesterday and its probably the greatest thing we could have done. Words do not do the land justice. The greens are greener than any field the US,  the blues of the glacier lochs so deep and dark that the ocean looks like a weak puddle. When you look out off the road, all you see is a puzzle board of green scattered with cows and sheep, surrounded by stone walls and hedges and bordered by cottages that looked to be a hundred years old and still going strong. You can see that the land sustains the people and the people in return sustain the land. They are mutual dependents upon on another, just as they have been for generations and will be for generations to come. As our guide Dave said, true Irish don't live in Dublin, they live out where they can own land. As much as Dublin has been wonderful to us, I wish we could have spent more time in true Ireland instead. Oh well, we'll save it for next time!