Downings Bay Hotel
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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
... getting shots of various whiskey ages as we went, but instead it was only a single at the end. Paid 10£ to try a shot of 21 year old, as expected it was good, but I wont be spending 125£ on a bottle of it anytime soon. Somehow we dodged all the bus imes too ended up not making it back to the b&b until fairly late, cold and soaked. So no going out tonight for me, just a long sleep.
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Day 9 - Northern Ireland Coast
... of stone that look so orderly. It was freezing and we were being blown away so we retreated to the car and headed on.
Our next stop was Londonderry (Derry). We arrived late at night and thought we’d try and see if they had a place available at a B&B in Bogside (the Catholic area at the heart of troubles during many of the riots). No such luck so we relied on our GPS to take us to a nearby hotel where we were happy to shower and hop into nice double ...
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 ...
Ireland
... had about 30 min to myself to try and figure out tomorrow for my hotel and bus. I got all that straightened out 3:30 bus to a hotel right by the airport with 24 hour shuttle. Booked paid for and not on our way. We went to this house where her friend lived she also had a friend over from new Zealand. Kim's nephew Derek also came he brought his guitar. They played a little song after we had dinner. It was potty good. We then went to a pub where is was pretty full as it was there was an ...