First of all, it is amazing I was able to get up at all today.  I am so sore from all the walking that was done yesterday!  Carrying a baby really changes how much walking you can do on a single day and how much stamina you have to do it!  And what were our original plans for today? Going on a 4-mile hike in Gleann Dá Loch, in County Wicklow.  The plan was to meet up with a friend of Aaron’s and a group of youth from their church.  But after driving through pouring rain to get there, and getting lost on the way, we ended up being 30+ minutes late of the schedule hike departure time.  When we got to the area by the lakes, it was precipitating a rain/snow combination and Aaron did not see his friend’s car.  A quick phone call later we learn that the hike was canceled (and the friend decided to not let us know).  I was actually relieved that the hike was called off as I am still sore from yesterday and not relishing the idea of sloshing around in mud and rain.  But, since we were there, Aaron and Noah decided to go check out a cemetery and turret.  I stayed in the car where it was warm and dry. 🙂

After their wet expedition, we headed back to Dun Laoghaire, grabbed some food and Katie and headed to jail.  Not just any jail but one that was built over 200 years ago, Kilmainham Gaol (Príosún Chill Mhaighneann), in Dublin.  The tour was creepier than walking around Alcatraz.  We had a tour guide, cold stone passageways, and narrow cells you could actually go into (some with solid wood doors with peep holes).  Plus it was dark outside and raining, which makes things all the more eerie…especially when attempting to peer into one of the peep holes.  Aaron told me after the tour that while I was looking into a cell some other random tourist thought it would be funny to pretend to slam my face into the door.  Who does that?  Needless to say, if he actually did, I would have had 2 tall men immediately start pounding on the guy and I’m sure a handful of other tourists.  Not cool.  Aside from that, also creepy was looking out on a courtyard where executions from the Easter Rising occurred.  These sites were marked by black crosses.  Oh, also, when you enter the jail, you walk underneath where the gallows stood for public hangings.  I’m sure that place would be haunted, although it’s not mentioned in the tour.

Thankfully we were released from jail, without getting attacked.  Tomorrow we head to County Meath.