Londonderry - Coleraine Railway

... has sent me a load of info about the island and cycling there and it seems a beautiful place. After Cyprus I fly back to London, and have a quick connection to make for Naples. I sail to Malta and as its so small I'll probably end up birdwatching for ...

... in the city center today though as I looked around at some architecturally pleasing buildings encircled by a complete city wall.  (London)Derry's wall built between 1613 and 1618 is worth mentioning because it is the only original complete one in ...

... Alcazar. It overlooked all of Almeria, and had lots of beautiful gardens. It was amazing. That evening, we caught a plane to London, stayed overnight in Stansted Airport(for the 3rd time this trip!) then flew to Dublin. Once in Dublin, we caught a ...

... (per EU law) into Northern Ireland and spent the afternoon taking in the moving monuments and murals commemorating the Troubles that ravaged Derry in the 70s and 80s. I got some great photos of both the Unionists and Republican murals, which are on ...

... ). On 9.  Outside of the walls is The Guildhall, a Victorian gothic building originally built in 1890, similar to London's Guildhall . Its stained glass windows illustrate almost every episode of note in the city's history. The story flows up the ...

... it up with Barry (Sionaid was out of town our first night). On our one full day in the city, we started with a tour. Derry (or Londonderry depending who you ask) is a walled city with a violent history from "the troubles." This, after all, is the ...

... town. Once back in Dublin it was a quick trip home to drop the bags off and then headed back in town for a few drinks before heading off the next day for the "big" trip - first stop London (for 4 days), then Eastern Europe (9 weeks).....here I ...

... up with whoever ur in line with, i was with a girl i wassitting next to on the bus, shes from australia but living in london. and a guy from the states who was traveling with his dad - SANTA CLAUSE! he had the belly, the red shirts, thewhite beart, the ...

... most charming and charismatic man in all of Northern Ireland. He led us around the ancient walled city regaling us with stories of (London)Derry throughout the ages with such passion and insight that we laughed and cried with him. I think I can safely ...

... the beginnings of what they are calling the peace bridge being built over the river Foyle in derry. (Many protestants refer to derry as london derry).  This bridge is supposed to be a very sympolic object, being built between guild hall on one side ...