Riding the DART to Killiney
Trip Start
Apr 15, 2006
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Trip End
Apr 18, 2006
Killiney, Ireland
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
The James Joyce Tower is one of the 15 so-called Martello Towers, which were built in 1804 as a defense against Napoleon.
Below the tower is Forty Foot Pool, a place between the rocks where naked men where allowed to swim in the 19th and early 20th Century. We were lucky to see one crazy guy going for a swim in the freezing water (not naked however).
From Sandycove you can see all the way to Howth and Ireland's Eye, an island famous for its bird colony.
We walked all the way to Killiney, and something that one person described as a 'good half an hour walk' took us almost 2 hours. But we stopped a lot to look at the beautiful views, the castles, and the enormous villas along the bay. This is where the rich live :)
We had a sandwich in a little cafe and visited a nice little bookshop. Finally reached Killiney where we took the Dart back to Dublin. A couple of hours later we were on the plane to Belgium and arrived again too early...thanks Ryanair :)
