midterm break: roma, italy!

i was in germany for 45 min on my way to roma &
an hour on the way back to dublin. i needed proof.

st. peter's.

spanish steps.

piazza del popolo without scaffolding!

the pantheon.

wedding cake.

the roman forum.

colosseo.

i was there, see?

trevi fountain.

our cabin on the cruise.

view of the port from our room.

i was only in rome for about 5 hours and i was able to see
just about everything. i think i may move back to rome &
become a tour guide.

blarney castle.

the stairwells & doorways were quite cramped.

me kissing the blarney stone!

my dad kissing the blarney stone!

my mom kissing the blarney stone!

2/3 who were just blessed with the gift of gab. i must
apologize to those who converse with us from now on.

the stone is at the bottom of that little wall.

long way down.

cobh.

at our b&b in cork.

my father, the irish driver.

st. colman's cathedral in cobh.

it had poured before mass & right when we were leaving,
it was sunny again. that's a trend in ireland.

durty nelly's & bunratty castle.

aren't they cute?

buffalo, ny in bunratty, ireland!

bunratty castle.

the stairways were tight.

bunratty park. they have a bunch of real houses,
shops, offices, etc. from back in the day. it's "neat."

the cliffs of moher.

the cliffs of moher, of course.

against my mother's will, i climbed over the wall so i could
crawl to the edge to get some cool pictures.

at the cliff's edge!

although my mother was totally against me crawling to the
edge, she seemed to document every part of it. i was just so
confused! one second i heard, "get back here bridget!" and the
next i heard, "ok, now smile!" haha.

on the way back to limerick, i spotted this well. so,
clearly this was a photo-op.