ireland part 4–the last days in delphi

are you sick of Ireland yet? I’m certainly not!

I’ve got the travel bug SUPER bad and I’m already thinking about where to plan my next trip to – suggestions?!

anyways back to shamrock city – har har

the day after the wedding everyone slept late – I don’t think I climbed out of bed until 11AM and it was only because the smell of fresh baked scones from the kitchen was driving me up a wall

after breakfast –which i swear I asked the waitress for coffee more times than I have in my entire life – we all sat around trying to figure out what the plan for the day was

while we waited for the bride & groom to arise Deej, Van and I decided to take advantage of the 10 second good weather and went for a nice walk

aren’t me and van the cutest?

eventually the weather turned and we found ourselves back at the lodge, drinking tea and reminiscing about the night before

a little while later into the afternoon the group decided we would head into the town of clifden for dinner and along the way stop at connemara national park – to attempt some hiking, etc etc

back to the bus!

by the time we got to connemara national park it was awful weather – we attempted diamond hill – the big monster – i REALLY wanted to hike it – but the wind and rain just made it unmanagable

when the weather got so awful we all found ourselves doing what most of the irish do – we found the food, guiness, coffee & tea place

when we were all soaked to the bone and ready to move on we continued on the bus into the town of clifden for dinner

deej & van took no time making friends…

while they did that – i was freezing and caved – buying a nice irish wool sweater. for dinner we ate at mitchell’s seafood restaurant

 

it was our final dinner in the connemara portion of our trip – when we got back to the lodge that night we hung out, drank tea & talked about how sad we were to leave michael and the delphi lodge

thursday morning – up BRIGHT and early – breakfast in our bellies (i made sure to make this a good one) we bid adieu to michael and the delphi lodge – we had an all day travel excursion which would bring us to our final destination of the trip

look how sad grammy is to leave…

see you in dublin!

love to love you <3

-julie

wedding victory tour–Ireland Part 3–THE WEDDING!

moving on – i hope you’ve been enjoying my ireland recap! so far we’ve had galway and then galway to connemara

this is going to be my favorite post of all the Ireland posts – I’m thinking you’re going to enjoy it too

it’s WEDDING DAY!

tuesday morning I woke up bright and early – it’s as if I was the bride!

i looked out my window – saw the weather was cheery and decided to take advantage ASAP before it decided to turn

yup that was the view from my bedroom window.

Michael – the house manager & our host during our stay at Delphi, greeted me at the bottom of the stairs as I made my way out the big red doors for a glorious morning run

he walked me out to the driveway – told me the best way to run and wished me off (it was the best moment of my week – ha ha)

off I went for a glorious, breathtaking early morning sprint, jog, walk around the hills of connemara

i even had some guests on the way!

true fact: i swear one of the sheep came running after me – and i actually went sprinting from it – screeching – typical new yorker.

and there i am – running through Ireland – sheep on one side, water on the other – thinking to myself – ‘I’m freaking running through Ireland – what.the.bleep”

it was a glorious – glorious way to start the day

even better?

breakfast at the delphi lodge. it was le-GIT. the total way to live.

every morning – eggs, sausage, bacon, fresh smoked salmon, grilled mushrooms & tomatoes and a side bar of fresh fruit, nuts, cereals, yogurt, etc – coffee & tea galore

it was heaven.

anyways – back to the wedding.

fueled up – the men headed out for their ‘nature walk’ aka get the groom out of the house so the bride could eat breakfast

and it was time for the ladies to get ready!

the bride stayed locked up stairs – as everyone else piled down the stairs and gathered to get ready to depart

i paprazzied the groom like he was jay-z

so much happiness!

the bride’s car was here – so it was officially time for everyone else to load onto the bus

not before we had a few photo-shoots!

time to get married!

the wedding was in clifden so we had about an hour bus ride to get us to the church

some of us cough ::jack:: cough got sick on the way to the wedding – a hangover/wedding anticipation puke.

show time!

here comes the bride! james & laura had a live instrumental traditional irish band & singer perform during the ceremony – it was absolutely amazing

my sister & i also did readings – and i cried the entire ceremony – like a little bitch.

YAY! new sister in law!

little help from the father-in-law with the bride’s bustle…oh van.

back onto the bus – back to delphi! time to partAY!

greetings from the bride – the cocktail hour was in the lodge iiving room – lots of champagne, passed appetizers & laughter

dinner followed shortly – a long table was set in the dining room – a 4 course meal – a best man speech & lots of love & laughter to go around for miles

after dinner we all gathered in the living room for the entertainment portion of the evening.

laura & james hired a full 6-piece traditional irish folk band. it was surreal and amazing!

the rest of the night was dancing, live music, LOTS of laughter, drinks & fun – there was even karaoke!

around midnight a ‘snack’ was served and we had mini sandwiches, breakfast sausages, a huge cheese platter & wedding cake from the famous Galway bakery Goya

some footage from the night…

honestly – it was one of the happiest nights in the history of happy nights.

now that’s a long post.

hope you enjoyed it!

stay tuned for part 4 – connemara to galway!

i’m exhausted just thinking about it!

love to love you <3

-julie

what was the last happiest night in history you had?