Glendalough

On Tuesday the 5th of April, Class Amina and some of Class Emnet went to Glennalough for a retreat, with Mr C, and Mrs KB :) The bus journey down was long and warm. No windows on the bus D:
When we arrived, there were alot of other people, including some Spanish students. We were talking to their teacher person and he said he was French and German but he sounded American? Twas crazy :o
We started off with a dance type thing where we praised the earth, and touched the ground? Afterwards we did a walk through a labyrinth, which we each walked in silence. It was nice and relaxing as you didnt really have to think about anything, you just followed the path.
We then went into the museum centre and watched a short film about St Kevin and the monastary that was built at Glenndalough. Then we went for a walk up a hill/ mountain, which was actually so tiring. Here we saw St Kevin's Well and we went to The Lake, where we cupped water in our hands and the water represented our troubles/ regrets and we had to let the water flow softly out of our hands, which was represting letting go of our troubles.
We then hiked up fairly high and passed an amazing waterfall. The walk was done in silence, so we could reflect and have time to ourself and our thoughts. On our way back down, we saw where St Kevin slept while he was at Glenndalough, and we also visited the round tower.
It was an interesting day out but was extremely tiring.