Ireland Part 2: Howth

Although we had just arrived it was Alex’s only full day off until the end of the week and we knew we wanted to visit Howth, a fishing village about 30 minutes away by train from Dublin.

Renee told me it was SUPER cute  so we decided we better go ahead and check it off our list before his conference starts!Lola preferred to be carried pretty much 90% of the time she didn’t walk herself…. strollers are not her thing… they are for sleeping according to Lola (and who needs sleep).. 

We made it to the train station and we are ready for Howth- I love Lolas mean mugging face!

Of all the Zoo’s and all the aquariums… this girl prefers subway pigeons any day!

Naturally i was that mom who let her feed the pigeons Cheetohs to entertain her!

We got there and I was instantly IN LOVE. What can I say my Neyney knows me ;)

Fortunately we were there the day of the market yet unfortunately that meant you pretty much had to have reservations to eat anywhere!

So we ventured around a bit until we found somewhere and it was AMAZING!  

I loved the colors, the boats, the chili weather, the historic part of it, an when we finally sat down to at I discovered I also loved the FOOD!

Lunch time!

We had THE BEST lunch and ventured next door to the market afterwards and it was adorable but SO cold…. they had food vendors, gift stores, bread and fallafels and super cute jewelry!

Lola was so good about keeping her hood on and I was kicking myself for not bringing her new hat her daddy got her! 

This girl had Justin Bieber playing at her stand so Lola jut went up to her and started dancing… the girl was so sweet and joined her in a dance off!    Espresso time for daddy! Boss lady says time to move on! We wanted to head to the “Summit” while there to get the good views!   

I stepped 5 feet out of the taxi and saw this…. now you know why one day in Howth got an entire blog dedication to itself….

Our HAPPY faces…

It was FREEZING! SO FREAKING BEAUTIFUL!  

Lou and Lola shoot take 1:

I took a couple of them and then they were over it and just started playing…. that’s when the real magic happened!

Notice she never let go of the flowers Poppy picked for her! Love.

I could not love these any MORE!

Lou did a little venturing on his own after seeing these signs… they are pretty much invitations for him…   

Lola literally fell asleep after her “photo shoot”on me!! I couldn’t believe it! She even stayed asleep on me during the cab ride and then transitioning in her stroller! 

We made it back down and since Lola was sleeping sound and warm in her stroller we ventured to  see if we could find any seals we were told they come up with the ships looking for scraps)

Ships but no seals  :(

We didn’t really have a back up plan for them not coming so we are super glad we pretty much have a family that says YES to every vacation i dream up with the stipulation on it stating “but were bringing Lola so we need your help, want me to book the ticket for you”!

And if you ever think we’re not brining her we usually just laugh…

So lots of clapping emoji’s for these two and Uncle B of course!   Lola woke up just in time for the train ride back… and snacks of course! We re grouped before dinner and then mustered up our last bit of strength to walk to the closest diner for fish and chips…. an Ireland favorite!

Finally it was time to CRASH!

What an AMAZING day!