Ardtara House Derry

... of the titanic used!) so after calling elaine's dad and the irish version of the racq, splurging on some ridiculously cheap chocolate, pulling the sleeping bags out of the boot and sitting at newry service station for about an hour and a half we decided to empty the rest of the boot to find the air pump. then pumped up the tyre and sat there for another half an hour to make sure it wouldn't deflate again we slowly made our way back to dublin!<br>

aka. most beautiful place in the world. i don't think thats overstating it much, and i'm definitely qualified to make that statement! we got back on the bus bright and early and drove up the coast to dunluce castle. it was a really beautiful day which was a nice change from the day before. the castle was on the edge of a cliff and it was amazing, the coastline was so beautiful and the views from the castle were fantastic. next we drove to the giants causeway which was also amazing. we took ...

... some amazing stories. it was dark by the time we got there but it was very dramatic to see it at night. we walked up onto the walls and then down onto the bogs where all murals and the bloody sunday massacre was. it was quite haunting, just looking at everyones faces while he was talking you could tell that they were all pretty shocked. we went for a very cheap (compared to dublin) dinner with most of the tour group and then got an early night cause of our very early ...

... to drink you have this city to thank for your hangover. There are huge murals on both sides of the wall. The Protestant side has images memorializing hit men and thugs who "fought" for their cause and other glorifying the conquest of Ireland by the English. But then you move to the Catholic side. The Irish Republicans up in Belfast relate strongly to the Palestinian cause, and they have murals calling for an end to "Israeli Barbarianism." Others have Jewish Stars and Swastikas side ...

... out of the way - the hostel was shyte. No hot water, sharing with a squillion people (ok so there was 5 of us in a room), and half the bathroom doors didn't lock. Oh yeah, no toilet paper either - until i went to Tesco this morning and bought a truckload of the stuff, much to the appreciation of BOTH hostels who were out of the white rolls. <br><br>Derry itself is quite pretty. It's divided into two areas, (basically) the Catholic side (about 82,000) and the Prostestant side ...

... by 8pm. We both found it amazing how different it was as soon as we crossed into Northern Ireland. It suddenly became so English with red, white and blue everywhere. English flags proudly blowing in the wind all around and the buildings even looked like we&#8217;d just crossed into England. We found a lovely hostel that provided us with a lounge room and extensive movie collection to ourselves and settled in for a quiet night after a long day on little sleep.

... was actually riding on the water. It was a relaxing trip, but the day was rainy and gray. I arrived in Derry, and it immediately began to rain harder. I had to walk across a bridge to get to the town proper, and as I did so, a truck sped past, ran though a large puddle, and I found myself drenched with street water. It was a good start to a day trip. I marched soggily up many hills in the town before I found the walls. I walked along them for a while, admiring the view that ...

... ive never had more fun in my life i was getting tossed and twirled ended finding our guide martin, the one in charge of the tour itself and he was ********d so me n some girls teased him for awhile ( martin is a shy guide, he doesnt talk as much but hes very sarcastic, so we decidedto get him warmed upto us if were gonna be spending the next few days with him)! then martin walked us girls back to the hostel in scarry derry before ending the night!

... without the least bit of vandalism. <br><br>Actually, the whole city centre itself was charming and seemed to be functioning normally and peacefully. There was no sign of overt violence anywhere &#8211; save for the constant overly enthusiastic tour operators armed with flyers trying to get us onto their double-decker bus trips of course. And trivialising &#8216;The Troubles&#8217; for the second time in two paragraphs, there was one ...

... arrived in "The New World on a 19th century American street. General Store, Tinsmith's exhibit and a replica of the First Mellon Bank! The New world also has some very familiar sites. A replica of Samuel Fulton's house, log cabin, Pennsylvania Log barn, Corn Crib, Pennsylvania Log Farmhouse, Western Pennsylvania Log House. Gosh, it's like being back home. Sites we see every day - but an ...