Our welcome to Ireland couldn’t been better than staying at Caroline and Ian’s house. The house was just lovely, and filled with wonderful persons. Caroline and Ian were super warm, generous and gave us tons of great advices to wander the streets of Dublin and the beautiful country of Ireland in general. The room had an electrical blanket (I’m not sure if that’s the actual name) that kept the bed super warm and cozy, and each night when we arrived we had a jar of fresh water in the room. I would definitely recommend signing in for the full irish breakfast that they offer (paid separately) since it’s heavenly (we tried it every day), totally home made. We couldn’t thank Caroline and Ian enough. They dropped us at Leixlip train’s station two times in their own cars just out of generosity (we kept losing and confounding our trains like novice tourists).
One important thing to consider is that the house is quite far from Dublin and the train frequency is not great (one hour between trains, sometimes more). I think we were the first guests without a rented car. Getting from the house to the closest train station (approximately 3 kms.) is a lovely walk by day but a dangerous one by night (no sidewalks and very little street lighting). One day we lost our last train from Dublin and had to take a taxi, it was 45 painful Euros. If you rent a car you won’t have any of these issues, but for us it was challenging and a bit stressful sometimes.
We absolutely loved this place and we hope to visit again in the future. Big hug from two argentinians!