Ennislare Guest House Bangor

Went shopping in Belfast (cheaper in the north) and was surprised to find an Auntie Anne's pretzel store in a Westfield Mall. I must admit I was so excited about having a pretzel but no one who really knows me would not be surprised since pretzels are one ...

... quotes, sayings and song lyrics. and all the people who visit it write their name and a message around the sculpture, they wash it off every few months because it gets too full. next stop was a memorial garden on bombay st in a catholic neighbourhood. it was a street right on the edge of the wall and a street which the loyalists (udia) burnt completely to the ground in 1969. i found it a pretty disturbing place, there has a banner on the wall with photos of ira members who were ...

... out
catching some waves. Too bad we couldnt post pics yet, but we'll probs
post them a few times in between countries if we have time. We're in
Belfast
now and once again, have found a great B and B...tomorrow we head to
Scotland ont he Ferry. For tonight, just an internet cafe and a cup of
Starbucks coffee. Home Sweet Home.

This was high on Scott's list of things to see in Ireland. I came along too, mainly to see the countryside as we drove. And have more fish & chips instead of pizza, pasta, pizza, and pasta.

Millions of years ago, ancient lava flows in the North Atlantic cooled slowly and began to expand & contract in unique ways. This created a huge field of approximately 50,000 hexagon-shaped columns of rock beside the sea.

My favorite ...

... or 100% protestant/loyalists. We sawome amazing murals glorifying people who had fought for both sides and in remembrance of events in the past, as well as the peace wall which runs through the city. That night we went out to a heritage listed pub The Crown for a few guiness' and after confusing a couple of americans by suggesting we have some tea we went up to the restaurant for DINNER. then back down for some more guiness.

... last us a year. So we set off from Carrick, like a right pair of dandys, As we begin our ascent up into the Andes. Now just like a boomerang, we'll be back, In the meantime log on here to find out all the crack:-) First leg: A short hop over to London then on to Rio

... moment trip I've ever conceived. Previous trips involved at least 3 months planning in advance. Sure, during the trip we make it up as we go along, but we always have a vague itinerary and things like visas and tickets are sorted well before departure. But this? This is kinda crazy. Especially as I'm going out alone, hoping to meet up with someone I don't really know [though I can vouch for him being very trustworthy and nice] who is currently in India ...

... Sisters' 'I Don't Feel Like Dancing.' The real entertainment started when we moved from our thrones closer to the stage where some guy with Bugs Bunny muscles started hitting on Heather by flexing his 'muscles' without actually saying anything. Nothing could get him to go away until I pretended (I swear!) to be a little gay and very impressed with his guns and asked if I could touch them. Shortly thereafter we saw him making out -- actually getting engulfed -- with a girl at least twice ...

... pre-walk preparations and purchase of drinks, jelly babies, chocolate peanuts and mountain bars had been no match for the North Wales elements! A few rather random things also happened this weekend that cannot be written about except in the random fashion that follows: - We made a new acquaintance, Mr C.R.Yptosporidium. Aka, a rather nasty water borne disease that gives you ...

... wing of the IRA. It’s a busy commercial street, with murals on the sides of the terraced housing off it commemorating hunger-striking political prisoners and deaths of civilians caught up in the recent decades of violence. “Free Sean Kelly” graffiti was another common sight, a tactic which obviously worked as the political prisoner was released from prison six days after our visit.

From there we crossed through the ‘Peace Line’, an ...