Epic Vacation Day 6

Wednesday, October 9th
Today we got up and drove to Powerscourt which is listed as number three in worlds top ten gardens, according to national geographic. While the grounds were absolutely amazing and much larger and more grand then what we saw at Lyme park, if we had the choice of which garden we would like to have at our house, Lyme park would win hands down.

• Angie loved the area that was hidden under the steps

• Ruth loved all of the different kinds of flowers

• Vivian loved the the big fountain in the middle of the lawn that the house looks down on.

• Sam loved the castle

• Caleb loved the little family cemetery that we could see through the fence, all of the statues and fountains.

• Jennifer loved the arches, the stonework and the many water features.

We did some shopping at the little store inside the house. We got some yummy cheese bread and scones. We also picked up some potato chips to have with the sandwiches we had packed that morning. Best potato chips ever! They had very few ingredients and it told on the back of the bag what farm each of the ingredients came from. The bag stated that the potatoes are made into chips the same day they are harvested. They were so good we took a picture so that we could look for more in the next store we went to.

We then started our long travel day all the way across Ireland to Spanish Pointe (about 4 hours). We made a stop near Limerick for gas and stopped at an old cemetery with the ruins of a monastery. The kids had a lot of fun looking at all of the headstones and climbing over stone walls.