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Last but not least- IRELAND!! Ireland was the last stop on our trip but really the main reason for our whole Europe adventure because we have family who LIVES there! Ya you read that right. Sam's older sister lives in Cork, Ireland with her family and we just HAD to visit them. The whole gang picked us up from the bus station and showed us around their town but we made it home shortly after because Gregory and George were so dying to show us their house. Gregory was so cute and made sure to tell us that we could have whatever food we wanted and that we could share the tv with him.   

 After dinner and a tour we went to Rocky Bay Beach with the whole fam. It was freezing but the boys were not at all scared to get their feet wet and play in the sand. Ok and because I can talk about the scenery all day long I'll just cut to the chase and let the pictures do the talking...But because pictures don't do it justice I'll just add, unreal guys!! UNREAL! 

hello cows at the beach!!

We stayed at the beach until bedtime because the sun doesn't set on Ireland. Ok it does but not until 9pm. And here's some pictures from the drive back from the beach because #cantgetenough.

The next morning after an Irish breakfast we traveled the tiny, forested road to Blarney Castle, just a hop, skip, and jump away from their house. Amazing right?

Gregory had to go to school for the beginning of the day but we're glad we had George to keep us entertained. When Sam and I were just dating and I first met Georgie he called me Lady and continued that for awhile even after he got my name down. Nicknames right off the bat? #wetight 

Georgie likes to take pictures, be our tour guide, and to drive Sam crazy, but we love him anyway!

Blarney Castle was HUGE! I couldn't get over how big and tall the castle was. As we climbed the stairs to the roof, we asked George if he liked it. He said it was creepy because we were so high up and then he said "I hate this" lol so ya it was fun... 

           

Blarney Castle is a well-known Irish landmark because of the Blarney Stone. We both kissed the Stone which was a tad frightening because you have to lay on your back and lean through a crevasse to reach it, but a nice old guy made sure we didn't fall. #blesshim

Happy after kissing the Blarney Stone because legend has it, "it endows the kisser with the gift of great eloquence and skill of flattery." It all came about because a man kissed the stone the morning of his lawsuit in court and won after pleading his case with great eloquence. 

Can you say lucky days ahead for Sam's law career?

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Our next stop was Charles Fort. It was built right along the harbor and covers a huge part of land. 

The view was unbelievable! I've said it once and I'll say it again, the green grass hills--UNREAL!

We were there for a few hours playing hide and seek, tag, and rolling down the hills. It was so fun and the boys didn't want to leave.

Look at those cuties!

That night Brooke and Stan took us out for a lovely dinner with a ocean cliff view. We love this family of ours so much and we were so lucky to be apart of their little Irish life for a few days.

We had so much fun on our European adventure but were more than ready to be back home. Most of our trip consisted of this ^ countless hours in airports, washing our faces in the airport sinks, and many uncomfy hours on airplanes. But can't complain because we made it to every flight on time and every little problem just sort of worked itself out. And on the flight home we somehow managed to score a whole entire row (4 seats!!) so I was lounging like a queen! It was a good time. 

 Thanks Ireland! You were good to us.

|| Erin