"Training"

The last couple days I've been preparing for my Ireland Adventure. I've attempted long rides I have but I keep getting lost!! The number one annoyance that you'll find when living in Ireland is that they dont have street signs at intersections. Sometimes you'll get a little sign saying the street name, but instead of being on a pole, its on a wall and usually at waist height and its not even always at the intersection but half way between two intersections. Good luck finding that.

Anyway I've tried twice to get to Bray, got lost both times. Well I guess it isnt lost as much as it is distracted. The first time by the Dalkey and the pier and the second by Killiney (where Bono lives) and Killiney Hill which is some of the coolest forest I've seen since I've been here. When I walked Killiney Hill yesterday, I honestly wanted to hug a tree it was so cool. Magic. I've never really wanted to hug trees before.

And the view from Killiney? Its worth the incline. And the decent now thats just fun and really fast.

Dalkey was the little town nieghborhood I found the first day and it was so cute. And the houses all along the way are amazing too. And the school thats practically a castle?? Yep, I'm defo having kids here and they're going there. This place, I'd say all along the shoreline from Blackrock to Dun Laoghaire, Dalkey to Killikey and Bray, its some parallel universe where everyone is happy and nice and the shop fronts are painted bright colors. Little girls with bright red ringlets run around green parks with pink ballet tutus. No ones dog has a leash. Its craziness. Its real. I saw it all. Maybe its only like this when the sun shines...

This is the hilliest country I've ever been in and my legs hurt.