As much as I LOVED our overseas adventure and the time with just the two of us, I was starting to sorely miss my sweet girls toward the end! Our final day in Ireland had us getting up super-early. We packed up, hailed a taxi via the FreeNow app, and headed to the airport. We […]
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Ireland, Day 9
On our last full day in Ireland, we got up early to walk to the Molly Malone statue, where we were to meet our tour bus through Extreme Ireland / Irish Day Tours around 6:45am. The weather was predicted to be rainy, so we brought our umbrellas and rain ponchos. Today’s tour was to the […]
Ireland, Day 8 (Guinness, Trinity College)
On our 8th day in Ireland, we slept in and then walked over to the Lemon Jelly Cafe for brunch. I had French Toast and Greg had an egg, mushroom, and sausage crepe and a beautiful coffee. Then we walked over to the Guinness Storehouse for a tour. Everyone raves about the Guinness Storehouse tour […]
Ireland, Day 7 (Part 3 – Dunluce Castle and Belfast)
After leaving Giant’s Causeway, we had a quick photo op of Dunluce Castle (in the background.) I wish we would’ve had time to explore it! Idyllic field near Dunluce Castle, complete with grazing sheep. Then we we off to visit the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. We didn’t have long to spend there, […]
Ireland, Day 7 (Part 2 – Giant’s Causeway)
Our next stop in Northern Ireland was for lunch at a cafeteria. I had Irish Stew and Greg had Roast Beef. We had to pay in Pounds Sterling (rather than Euros like the rest of our Ireland trip) since we were in the UK. Then it was on to Giant’s Causeway. Our bus driver, Paul, […]
Ireland, Day 7 (Part 1 – Dark Hedges, Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge)
On Saturday, Greg and I got up really early and walked to the Molly Malone statue to await our full day tour, starting at 7am, with Paddywagon Tours. This tour took us up to Northern Ireland, which is still a part of the UK. Thankfully, the whole Brexit thing hasn’t taken effect yet, so crossing […]
Ireland, Days 5 – 6
After a full day of sightseeing in Cork on Wednesday with Irish Day Tours, I was tired and decided to stick around Dublin for a bit. So on Thursday, after having a quick breakfast with Greg, I walked over the the National Museum of Ireland, also known by locals as the “Dead Zoo.” The ground floor […]
Ireland, Day 4 (Part 3 – Cahir Castle)
The last stop of the day was Cahir Castle in Tipperary. (Cahir sounds like “care”.) It was once located on an island in the middle of a river, rather than needing a moat. Now it’s in the middle of a town. Most of the street signs in Ireland are in Irish Gaelic and English, including […]
Ireland, Day 4 (Part 2 – Blarney Castle)
Our second stop on the bus tour was Blarney Castle. This was my favorite part of the day. Murder Hole! View at the top To kiss the Blarney Stone (after an hour’s wait, that included winding around through the castle and up a *very* narrow and low-ceilinged staircase where the “stumble steps” became smaller and […]
Ireland, Day 4 (Part 1 – Rock of Cashel)
On Wednesday, I had full day bus tour (through Irish Day Tours.) It left from the Molly Malone statue at 6:45am, so it was an early morning! I was a little nervous walking across Temple Bar by myself that early, but there were a few people out and about. And once I got to the […]