The Power of the Tower & To See the Sea

Most creative entry title ever.

First of all, I'll write a little bit about Monasterboice, as I promised... gosh, more than one month ago!? I have a very busy life here. Sometimes it's too busy, actually.

Anyway, we live quite close to the graveyard where the round tower and the high crosses are. I was taken there at the first weekend I spent here, and since that, I've visited it at least two more times. I took some photos every time but most of them are very bad. Yeah, I still need a new camera, but I must save money for other things :/

Here it is. It's about 35m tall (according to wikipedia, hahaha), the cap is missing, but apart from that it's complete and in quite good condition.

And this is one of the high crosses. Each little carving shows a scene from the Bible, though most of them are hardly visible because the weather and some stupid visitors ruined them.

Drogheda is about 10 minutes drive from our house, and it's quite a nice town. The only thing I really miss is a local drama group or drama workshops/courses or whatever. There are a few amateur groups, but they all start rehearsing around September, so there's nothing to do here during the summer. Apart from this I love living here, the area is nice, everything is close, and these old country roads are just perfect for a new driver!

Along with the medieval stuff, my other obsession is the sea. I've seen a few different beaches so far, and I took endless photos. Unfortunately we live close to the eastern coast, which means I don't really have an opportunity to watch a sunset at the beach, but I'm planning to drive out one morning to see the sunrise.

Crabs at the beach beside Coast Road, Co. Louth. These guys are actually dead, but they look as if they were fighting.

The above pictures were taken in Howth, Co. Dublin. The town is popular because of the seals living there, but unfortunately I didn't see any of them when I was there. The harbour was kind of amazing, though.

And these are from today. I'm alone in the house because the family travelled to Sligo to visit some relatives, so I drove to Skerries. I guess it was the most beautiful beach I've seen so far, and the weather was also lovely, so I had a very nice day today :)