14th July- Greenan Maze

Hi everybody,

wowwwww.... what a wonderful day we have spent. Today big big excursion. We have woken up motivated, we have prepared a big picnic lunch and we drove to the county of Wicklow where there is an amazing place called the Greenan Maze (it has a rhyme.. jejeje).

1h and 30 journey, the roads amazing as always we were driving through the countryside of Ireland. When you arrive there, you have to pay an entry (as usual.....), it cost around 40 euros in total but today it was worth it to pay it. In the Greenan Maze, once you arrive they give you (well... to your children... a treasure hunt). In it, you have the first clue and you need to look for the next one (the first clue indicates you where can you find the next one... so, in this way you visit all the different places that you can visit in this area). There is a BIG AND HUGE MAZE (amazing!), we got so lost! jajja... me (mainly..jajaja). We made two teams (boys and girls) and we started to run, at the end, everybody was going alone (buf... Pere Jr wanted to go alone as well... we couldn't find him... he kept on hiding everywhere ..jajajjaa). The absolut winner was Ian (of course... he's got a talent for these things) and the absolute loser was me (of course..jjaja.. i've got a talent for this too..jaaja). 

In the middle of the maze, there was the second clue. We won't tell you where to find the other just in case you plan to go there some time. But, then we took the fairy path, a path where you had to keep an eye on the clues fo the treasure hunt but also on the fairy houses you had to find, everytime you spotted one, you had to circle the name of the house in your treasure hunt paper. The path lead us to a farm where there was a museum (Joan Pifarré you absolutely would have loved it!!, everybody was thinking about you!), there was a farm museum (a typical farm house as in ancient times) and there were some animals such as: ducks, horses, pigs, geese, hens, donkies, etc..), there was a tea room as well where you could buy some handmade cookies and cakes. And finally, following the path again you went inside a beautiful forrest where you had some more clues and some more fairy houses to find as well as amazing views (ponds, trees, butterflies, etc..). It IS A PLACE defenitely worth to see with your kids!!

Hola a tothom,

wooowww.. quin dia em passat avui! Hem fet un súper excursió. Ens hem llevat súper motivats i hem preparat un súper pícnic per dinar, un cop fets els preparatius, hem agafat el cotxe i hem conduït fins al comptat de Wicklow on hi ha un lloc espectacular anomenat Greenan Maze (amb català, no rima, ajjaj)

1h i 30min de camí, les carreteres súper xules com sempre, hem estat conduint pels camps d'Irlanda. Quan arribes, has de pagar entrada (per variar..jeje), ens ha costat més o menys uns 40euros en total, 6 persones però avui valia la pena pagar-ho. Al Greenan Maze, un cop entres et donen un treasure hunt per fer (una espècie de mapa del tresor amb pistes). En ell, hi tens la primera pista i et diu on podràs trobar la següent, en aquest cas la pista número 2 està al mig del Maze (el laberint). És un laberint espectacular, fet d'herba altíssima i complicadíssim d'acabar. Hem fet 2 equips, nens contra nenes, i ja ens tens tots corrent per a poder guanyar. Al final anàvem tots perduts, entre nosaltres també ens hem perdut i el més complicat ha estat atrapar i trobar al Perete, buf... volia corre sol i el tio se'ns amagava per tot arreu (jo ja hem pensava que no el tornaríem a veure...jajajja). El guanyador absolut de la prova ha estat...L'IAN.. como no, té un talent innat per aquestes coses! i la perdedora absoluta de la prova ha estat... la IOLANDA! .. jajja.. como no, també tinc un talent per a perdre sempre en aquestes proves! jajja. 

A part del Maze també hi ha un caminet de fades, et porta a més pistes que has d'anar trobant i també has de buscar en ell diferents casetes de fades, quan en trobes una, has d'anotar el seu nom al teu treasure hunt. El caminet et porta fins una granja amb animals (ruquets, cavalls, gallines, porquets, ànecs, oques, etc...) i també a un parell de museus (el de la casa típica de grangers i el d'eines de treball). TOTHOM estàvem pensant amb el Joan Pifarré, jajja... hagués flipat i segur que encara hi seria inspeccionant-ho tot.. hi havia milers d'eines!

També hi ha una Tea Room on pots comprar pastissets i galetes fetes a casa, boníssimes! bé, un cop feta la visita a la granja, continues el caminet i et porta per un bosc espectacular: amb rierols, basses, animals, arbredes, etc... foto, foto, foto, foto..jajjaja).

Hem passat un dia genial, val la pena visitar-ho si esteu per la zona!!!