Tuesday, March 8, 2022

Wicklow Day

Saturday 22 April 2017
54° and a bit overcast

up at 4ish - can't sleep from nervousness - FaceTime with Bella at 6am but she convinces me to not cancel the car rental for Wicklow - asleep again at 7 - alarm off at 8am - up - get ready - call Express Taxi at 8:50 - get Mick (I book a cab for as soon as possible) who says "consider it done, m'darlin'!" Derek Bradshaw arrives at 9:20ish - so nice and gives us M50 directions for Wicklow and tells me "you'll be grand" - €20ish plus tip → €30 ♥ - arrive to Budget Rental at DUB 9:45ish - get a Skoda Rapid in Espresso with one hubcap missing (so trashy) at B52 parking spot - (sidebar: Bella is ready to play navigator with the Sat Nav as her map)




leave 11ish - drive is smooth but Sat Nav fucks us up when in the park - ugh cyclists! - find Glendalough parky lot for €4 - visitor's centre to peepod - (sidebar: see a Dad trying to capture the perfect picture of his child)St. Kevin's 12:30 - Glendalough - see the 2 women who were at Budget!






take the Boardwalk 1.6km path past the Lower Lake (at 12:50) to Upper Lake visitor centre - get chips and 7Up - peepod - walk to Upper Lake at 1:35 - take photos - see (German?) kids skipping stones like full-on pros






walk back - get vanilla custard cones and sit on rocks/boulders at entrance to Green Road path - give directions to lovely Middle Eastern woman and family - go peepod again - Green Road Path - discuss porn and its effects on men's expectations and how women have to look a certain way (to be and feel desired) - on the path see 2 yellow labs race around and clean mud off in the lake - reach the car by 2:45

drive to Malahide - arrive 4:45 - peepod - pix of the Castle at 5pm - get dinner at the Food Hall - eat in the car at 5:30ish - head back to Budget - stop for petrol (Googled how to open Petrol tank) - total €8.83 - Budget by 6:30ish - beautiful blonde Irish lass with glasses takes the car - kept hitting the lock button (on the key fob) and couldn't figure out how to open it then pressed the Skoda thing - peepod - cab 6:40ish - not very good driver (Vural Azab) - came to €21ish - gave him €25 - SLP 7pm - chill - Bella's laundry - FaceTime with Mum 7:35-8pm - Bondi Rescue (Rerun! Rat/Brazil surfer back issue/Black Cloud vs. Matt Dee/Cora the Songstress) - Doc Martin S1D1 Ep 4 & 5 - massage eachother's feet - bed 10-10:30ish


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