These are pictures from my trip to Bray. I took the Dublin Area Rapid Transit train (DART) to Bray. It was so quick and easy - 45 minute ride, and everything was within walking distance of the station. The first thing we did was visit the aquarium. It was a bit smelly and the displays were wearing down, but the sea creatures were excellent. Most of the tanks were open tanks! The sharks were so close to me, it was amazing. They also had an exhibit featuring all of the fish from finding Nemo and their origins, as well as fun facts about each species.
Then we went down to the beach - you can see the pictures above. A beautiful stone beach, by the seashore. It was simply fantastic. Some of the stones are a bit porous - they look like swiss cheese. Not quite as porous as pumice stones but they are still unusual looking. Peter collected a few in his backpack.
We explored the downtown. It wasn't too spectacular, lots of little shops. We had shepherd's pie for lunch at Molloy's, a bakery and cafe. The shepherd's pie was good, but my side salad was strange. It was chilled lettuce and tomatoes served with cooked corn. Very unusual. I also tried a meringue and decided that I didn't much like it.
We then ventured up part of the path to Bray's Head, the big cliff. However, it was 75 degrees out, and Peter and I were dressed for the 56 degree weather that hit Dublin this morning, so we got so warm we couldn't go all the way to the top. We did climb up to a grassy knoll area and sat under an umbrella enjoying the beautiful weather and sea breeze.
Bray is a small town, and we had exhausted pretty much all of the options for things to do, so we took the train back to Dublin, which is absolutely packed today because people are buzzing about the rugby match. The pubs will be crammed full tonight!
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