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Wow - imagine being here !!!
... a great meal and looking forward to a walking tour of Derry tomorrow. We are staying close to Bogside where many of the "troubles" occurred back in the 70's. Then we are on to the Antrim coast and the Giant's Causeway. Being here is a bit of a bonus as it was not on "MY" agenda - but we are ahead of schedule so have time to do some looking around in what seems to be an interesting city.
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Derry
We spent two days here in Derry, Northern Ireland. Back to using pounds as currency so the exchange rate is rough but the price of things seem a wee bit less than when on the euro. Tje giants causeway was cool but it was a freezing windy raining day as well so we didnt stay out as long as we would have, by the end i was almost jogging. The ditillary was interesting andI was assuming we ...
Day 10 - Derry to Omagh
... day so we began to head south, overnighting in Omagh.
We stayed at a B&B (Arandale Guest House) and though we’d booked a twin room, we were in a 4 bed room. There was a double bed and single bed in one room and another single bed in another room. It was nice to be able to shut the door on mum’s snoring :P Mum had taken a Benadryl that night as she’d been feeling a little blah with a runny nose…little did I know how this would effect her! ...
Day 9 - Northern Ireland Coast
... from Torr Road were AMAZING! Driving these roads was somewhat scary at times, narrowing down to one lane with little vision around corners! Road markings seemed to be only a guide as were the speed limits in both the UK and Ireland! This day we also realized that the speed limit in Northern Ireland went back to miles per hour as opposed to the kilometers per hour that was listed on our cars speedo. Luckily the GPS had the speed limits in mph although I wasn't going to ...
Day 9
... green name) or Derry (orange name). Again we r told the Troubles are over but they still call the city by different names depending on religion so I am not sure the Troubles really are over. From there we moved further down the coast to Beleek Pottery. Google it. Really beautiful fine bone china. We had a tour of the factory and watched the artisans make very fine and ...