Hollywoodski začetek Irske, Irska

Začetek Irske je bil v znamenju Hollywooda. Dobesedno. 🙂 Prvi airbnb, ki smo ga bukirali že doma, je bil manj kot uro vožnje južno od letališča v Dublinu. In ko smo pozno zvečer, v megli in dežju nekako le pritavali do simpatične podeželske hiše, nismo niti vedeli, kje točno smo. Zjutraj pa se je Hollywood razgalil v vsej svoji lepoti. 🙂 Hiške so bile lepo razmetane med zelenimi griči, na katerih so se umirjeno premikale simpatične ovčke. 🙂 Nad njimi, na vrhu hriba, pa je kraljevala veličastna kopija napisa z druge strani Atlantika. 🙂 A ker je dopoldne še vedno scalo kot iz škafa, smo napis “občudovali” le od daleč, za arhiv pa je bil dober že napis ob vaški oštariji. Iz Hollywooda smo se potem počasi premaknili proti jugu. Preko “Sally Gap” najprej do Glendalough, potem pa mimo ene izmed redkih lepih zaplat gozda na Irskem vse do drugega najstarejšega svetilnika na svetu – Hook Head-a.  No, epski zaključek smo imeli kakšno uro kasneje, ko smo prišli v naslednji airbnb. Gospa v poznih šestedestih, tako kot večina Ircev tudi sama ljubiteljica “Halloween-a”, je svojo že tako precej “spooky” hišo spremenila v pravo Halloween trdnjavo – z duhci vseh mogočih barv, četo okostnjakov, ki so viseli iz praktično vsakega lestenca, čudnimi odsekanimi glavami… Šok je bil tak, da sem večer zaključil brez arhivskega posnetka. 🙂

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The beginning of Ireland was in Hollywood style. 🙂 We booked the first airbnb already at home and it was less than an hour’s drive south of Dublin Airport. We got there late in the evening and also because of heavy rain and fog we really didn’t know, where we are. But in the morning, however, Hollywood shined in all its glory. 🙂 Cute houses between green hills, that were dotted with cute white sheep. And above them the original white sign like on the other side of Atlantic. 🙂 But because it was still raining like crazy, we decided to skip the sign – we just made one photo for archive near the local pub. 😉 We then slowly moved south from Hollywood. Via “Sally Gap” first to Glendalough, then past one of the few beautiful patches of forest in Ireland to the world’s second oldest lighthouse – Hook Head. Well, we had an epic conclusion about an hour later when we got into the next airbnb. A lady in her late sixties was like the most of Irish people fan of  Halloween and because of that she turned her already “spooky” house into a real Halloween fortress – with ghosts everywhere, skeletons hanging from practically every chandeliers… Well, it was so great that I even forgot to make a photo or two. 🙂