Monday, July 1, 2019 Day Trip To Howth, Ireland

Today we took a Dublin City bus out to Howth, a little fishing village about 20 miles outside Dublin. What a quaint town.

We took a hike from the parking lot above this lighthouse to the harbor in downtown Howth.

Sara and Dana taking a bench break.

This is the plaque you see on the left side of the picture.

This is the last part of the trail as we approached Howth.

We got to the harbor in Howth at about 12:30, just in time for lunch.

We started with a dozen oysters.

After that we had open faced crab salad sandwiches.

We also shared a bowl of olives.

The specialty of the restaurant is lobster served a number of ways. This is the board listing the various ways the restaurant served lobster.

I asked them how they prepared the Dublin Lawyer Lobster. They said that they take all the lobster meat out of the lobster, fill the empty body cavity with chopped up boiled shark meat and tell people it is real lobster. It sounds like a disingenuous way to serve lobster but they do call it Dublin Lawyer Lobster. Buyer Beware.

After lunch we did a walk along the cliffs outside Howth.

It is going to be a struggle walking the Camino with this spare tire! Yikes!

We got back to Howth after this hike and caught a bus back to Dublin. The bus stop was outside the Irish Olympic headquarters.

Did you know that hurling is a big time sport in Ireland. It is also an Olympic sport. Hurling is not what some of you might think it is. Hurling, the Olympic sport that is very popular in Ireland is kinda like field hockey. I went to high school and college with some Olympic gold medal hurlers. You would never mistake the hurling I participated in and witnessed in high school and college with the hurling they do in Ireland and at the Olympics.

When we got back to Dublin we put our feet up and then took a bus to dinner.

I had an Irish ribeye steak and sautéed mushrooms.

For dessert we shared a strawberry and rhubarb crumble with vanilla ice cream.

After dinner we took a walk on a footpath along a canal through an upscale neighborhood in Dublin. Along the path there were a number of sculptures. This one was particularly impressive.

I hope everyone had a great Monday.

Goodnight from Dublin.