No, I'm not calling myself an Irish beauty - just to clarify:) I still can't get over how much I loved Ireland, it's such a beautiful country. I'm so glad I can finally say I've been to Europe - got my first stamp in my passport book at the age of 28! Taking an international trip has been on my list of things to do for a LONG time, so I'm glad I can finally say I've done it. And it couldn't have been to a more beautiful place. A LOT of our trip was spent in the car, driving from city to city. Normally I wouldn't want to spend a lot of a trip in a car, but seeing all of the country side was breathtaking.
I couldn't pick just one self portrait this month, so I'm including two:) This first one was one of my favorite parts of the trip - we were driving from Dublin to Dingle, on Conor Pass. We pulled off the road to take some pictures, and Mike decided to hike up the side of the mountain a little bit - glad he did, because there was an amazing lake half way up, that we would have never known about. There were no signs or anything marking that a lake was up there. So we all hiked up after him (Bridget in her heels, such a trooper), where we took in some of the most amazing views. In this shot the lake is behind the camera (I'll post photos later), and there is a straight drop down in front of the rock I'm standing on. You can't tell in this picture, but I also earned the nickname "muddy bottom" here, since 2 minutes before this picture was taken I slipped and fell in a huge pile of mud. Yep, my whole back side is covered in mud in this picture. Good times.
2nd February self portrait - taken in the streets of Galway. This was my favorite city we visited in Ireland. This city was exactly what I imagined Ireland feeling like, with cobblestone streets and hearing Irish music pour out from the restaurants and shops....I wish we could have spent more time here. So this is me, in the streets of Galway, with my new Irish wool hat:)
I can't wait to share the rest of my pictures next week - more coming soon!
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