Mrs. Lovebug, Tucson
Age and Occupation in 06: 31, Writer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Professional Game Show Contestant
Engagement Date: February 18, 2007
Wedding Date: April 19, 2008
Venue: Historic Inn
About Me: Likes: blogging, wikis, semi-colons, cuddling, fragrant flowers, syntax, and spooning. Dislikes: typos, dangling modifiers, flypaper, citronella candles, and run-ons. If I had my druthers, I'd exchange simple vows in a candlelit library. But I lost my druthers long ago...anyone seen them?
Emerald, Truly
April 26th, 2008 @ 4:14 pm by Mrs. Lovebug
I know, I know. The primary goal of a haunted honeymoon is to hunt ghosts. But we are positively overcome with how…green everything is here in Ireland. I wanted to share just a few images of the gazillions I’ve collected so far (seriously - thank god for Flickr Pro)…
Cabra Castle, where we spent last night. It’s reputedly haunted by the ghost of a young servant woman (who was killed for having an affair with the son of a wealthy estate owner).
Of course, when you stay in a castle, you don’t get an electronic room key.
This is Sarah’s Bridge, in the forest near the castle, where the young woman was hanged by the townspeople in 1810.
The perfect Burton-esque cemetery, just outside Kingscourt. We walked around, just taking it in, and all these ravens kept screaming at us as they circled overhead. They say ravens are the protectors of the dead…
A country road I wanted to go exploring, but I was overruled due to rain (and Mr. Lovebug’s lack of dry shoes); at least I have a zoom lens!
We don’t have colors like this in Arizona. We just don’t.
We went exploring in our tiny rental down some backroads yesterday. Found all these cool ruins, which, of course, I wanted to climb around in. Overruled on that, too - doh!
The view, pretty much every which you way you look.
A footpath in the forest near Cabra Castle.
I promise on my next update, I’ll have an inventory of all ghostly goings-on!
7 Responses to “Emerald, Truly”
I think actually, that the point of a haunted honeymoon is to spend time alone and to NOT blog on t’internet 
Glad to hear you’re enjoying the famous 50 Shades of Green … at least you know all that rain is there for a good reason.
Oh wow, it looks beautiful! Your room key is cool, like a skeleton key. Haha. Can’t wait to hear about the ghosts!
OOOOOOH! I’m so glad you got a chance to stau at Cabra castle! I was in a wedding there last year. IT was SO beautiful! My FI and I Loved the forest there as well and it was well worth going to .
I wish you could have seen the forest whent he Azelas (sp) were blooming , THAT was amazing! Yeah for the LoveBug family!!!
I can’t wait to see more pics
(FI rewading over my shoulder keeps saying “Hey I know where that is!!! Too Cute!)
That key is seriously cool! When FH and I get to Ireland one day, we must stay at Cabra Castle!
haha, mrs. (ooh!) lovebug, you’re rediculous. can’t stay away from the bees, can you? <3
Wow! This looks amazing. What a great idea for a really unforgettable experience!
Having grown up in Arizona as well, I remember getting to Ireland and saying “ohhh!” out loud. It’s more color shock than culture shock. They really are serious when they say “a thousand shades of green”
