Thursday, December 3, 2009

Hiking in Glendalough


A few weeks ago, our friends Katie and Aaron took us to hike in the Wicklow Mountains. Within the beautiful hills, filled with fall leaves and green hills, there was a monastery and cemetery. This amazing monastery began in the 600's when a hermit priest, St. Kevin, secluded himself in these mountains. Later, he brought a group of monks here to Glendalough to begin this monastery. It was absolutely breathtaking! Enjoy the pictures.


The gorgeous curvy road on the drive to Glendalough


The chapel/graveyard apart of the monastery


A view of the monastery



One of many AMAZING celtic crosses in the cemetery


A patch of forest along our hike... the trees were so thick together!


Sitting on a log :) I know it's exciting!



A view of the hills during our hike


Far left: Rebecca a friend of Katie's visiting from Germany; Far Right: Katie and Aaron


One of my favorite pictures ever! It was so magical!



The view of the valley driving home... notice the specks of white in the grass... you guessed it! Sheep

2 comments:

Rene said...

love the fence pic! looks professional! ...and of course you used the word magical. you are so married to ross :) haa

Sean and Brianne said...

I ditto love the fence pic!! Amazing place!! we really need to start planning our trip to magic land!!