Howth Round 3!

I know that I am supposed to travel to as many places as I can in Ireland, but I couldn't help but repeat my visit to Howth...for a third time. It's a short bus and a DART ride away, so why not. 

I was supposed to meet up with John and Hannah while there, but I took my time going to the gym, showering, cleaning, and the DART took longer to get to the Dublin station than I thought...by the time I got to Howth, I ran into John and Hannah, and they were getting ready to leave.

First, I stopped at the market (it's the last Sunday I could go), hoping it would have delicious popcorn again. It didn't. Instead, I got fudge, which did not quite live up to its expectation, and I ended up throwing it out. Then, I went to the lighthouse for a bit, and sat by the pier to relax. 

Finally, I walked on one of the cliff walks. It got pretty steep an hour and a half into it, and I wanted to turn around, but it was too narrow to turn around, so I ended up walking upward instead of forward, towards a parking lot on a hill. I then walked down towards the city and back to the harbor, passing lots of local houses. The entire cliff walk took me three hours. I ran into a US Airways flight crew that was on a 24 hour layover! They were from Charlotte, NC, so we all started talking and walked the rest of the way down together. This is the second day in a row that strangers and I have exchanged stories. Love it. 

Tomorrow I'll be in Galway! I'm so excited. I've wanted to go since I arrived in Dublin.