Our final day in Ireland and we made the most of it! We started with The Trinity College Library and The Book of Kells, an ornately decorated copy of the first four gospels. Dated back to 800AD, the library displays a page from two of the books each day, we saw a page from both…
Category: Ireland
Dublin Bound
As Day 6 of this awesome week began we made the trek east from Galway to Dublin. If you have read Day 1-5, you know we can’t go straight to Dublin without several detours. First stop was in Athlone, where we toured the Athlone Castle. The stone castle was built in 1210 to defend the…
Island Life, Ireland Style
Day 5 of our adventure found us traveling on the Wild Atlantic Way to Rossaveel, where we boarded a ferry bound for the Aran Islands. Our warm weather luck was gone and the cool and rain found us. Our boat ride helped to understand why they call it the “Wild Atlantic” as it felt like…
Which way to Galway?
Did you know most European hotels don’t have air conditioned rooms? Our first room at the Europa Hotel in Belfast we lucked out with AC but last night no such luck at Bishop’s Gate in Londonderry. The hotel was beautiful and the room was quite large, but we slept with the windows open for the…
On The Road to Londonderry
After a little later start than planned (someone overslept), we left Belfast in route to Londonderry. We drove north again toward the Atlantic and again enjoyed the beautiful scenery. Several stops along the way to take quick pictures of the coast, including our planned stop Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge in Ballintoy. First erected by fisherman in…
Thrones, Giants and Sinking Ships, Oh My!
Day two was another action packed day. We started the day with a road trip to the Causeway Coast. The 90 minute car ride from Belfast offered beautiful scenery including a pit stop along the way to see the Dark Hedges. Made famous from HBO’s Game of Thrones, this Beech tree lined road is one…
Belfast – No Time For Sleep!
Passport in hand, bags packed, must be time for an adventure. Next stop – Northern Ireland. Sean has a sales meeting in Belfast so I flew in with our friends the Newmon’s for a week of fun and exploration. We have booked a private chauffeured tour through Brendan Vacations. Our itinerary includes Belfast, Londonderry, Galway,…