This blog post will be slightly different than ones in the past. I recently went to Europe on a work trip, but I was able to carve out a couple of days for my own adventures. I’m certainly not going to write about work, but the trip had several experiences that I want to remember - hence the post.
I had planned to go on a whirlwind trip with 2-3 days in each location (Dublin, Berlin, and Geneva) and the way schedules worked out, I had a free day in Dublin and another one in Geneva. In Dublin, I did some searching for what I could reasonably do in one day and found a tour bus that would take you up to the Wicklow mountains for a day. This is one of a handful of national parks in Ireland and the site of several major films (none of which I can remember the names of). The specific place I went off to was called the Glendalough - which is a series of lakes in a large glacial valley. There is a somewhat famous trail called the Wicklow Way which runs for 79 miles and crosses through Glendalough about halfway along it’s length. This was the trail I ended up hiking, following it up the valley for ~3.25 mi before turning back to catch the bus.
