I Prefer Bagpipes, Thanks.

I am nineteen years old, and have not seen Braveheart. Well, had not seen Braveheart. Until a couple of Saturdays ago. It's an excellent movie.

The next day, we went to church, then headed to County Wicklow. Braveheart is about Scotland, and was filmed mostly in Scotland. Except the parts that were filmed in Ireland. Those parts were filmed in Wicklow.

We visited Glendalough, a beautiful national park that includes an old graveyard, chapel ruins, and a round tower. Glendalough means "the Glen of the two lakes." It's beautiful.

The wonderful Dee Brennan took us on the fantastic tour of Wicklow. While we were exploring the round tower, chapel, and graveyard, she explained the reasoning for the round tower. Apparently, back when Ireland was being attacked, villages built round towers as an escape from their enemies. When someone from the village saw that attackers were coming, the entire village climbed into the tower. The door to the tower was built twelve feet (or higher) off the ground so that the attackers couldn't get to them.

On the way home, we took the Braveheart Drive through beautiful mountains. As we were driving, Team Ireland voted for country music to be played on Brittany's iPod. This meant I was over-ruled (although I didn't even try to voice my opinion, knowing I would lose) and I listened to bagpipes on my iPod. I love bagpipes anytime, but I've gotta admit that the whole Braveheart thing kind of played into it.