Glendalough House
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We Drove All This Way for a Concert!!!
First full day in Belfast, and it will be a long one. Geez, even writing these blogs, I find myself up late, and have nodded off. We slept in, no really until 9:30. Didn't get to talk to Rosanna's husband as he went with Tommy and another fellow to the Irish Open Golfmtournament in Portrush. tommy and my dad have clogged togethem I went down and found Rosanna in the kitchen, just up. She was cooking sausage for breakfast. No I could not help! Which is tough for ...
My first entry!
... TOP of the stairs (unnecessary, I thought I was going to die) and then the game began. It was all in good fun, but they really did rip me apart based on my special talents and horrific ex boyfriend experiences. After listening to responses from the contestants I had no idea who to pick so I asked each of them to tell me a joke. The only one to do this was contestant #2, and when it came time to choose, all of my girlfriends were shouting TWO!!! (I told them to have my ...
Wherever green is worn...
... long after her School Cert exams on the subject (and there is a LOT of [romaticized] historical fiction and movies out there about it)... and Andrew's a boy, so anythng involving guns has got to be good (plus he studied that topic for School Cert history as well).. so the obvious choice for a tour of Dublin was one focussed on the Rising.
We met for the tour in a pub, where our guide (a ...
Whatever you do...Don't Drive in Dublin.
... ended up at a place by the General Post Office called “Flanagans”. This turned out to be a good choice, as we sat next to a table of people speaking Irish, and our server was an interesting blend of Asian and Irish (talk about a strange accent mix). At dinner I asked Joanna if she felt like just crashing out tonight and getting an early go on tomorrow, as it was 7:30 p.m. and we had been up for almost 2 days straight.
Lights out it was.
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The journey home
From Hong Kong, I flew to Doha in Qatar and changed on to the London-bound flight after a stop over of a few hours. I landed in London Gatwick and had organised my next flight nicely, I just had 2 hours to collect my baggage and go to the other terminal to catch my budget airline flight to Belfast.
I got lucky with the weather, I landed in a window of calm weather between two stretches of snow and ice where many flights had ...
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Inishowen Gateway
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The Harbour Inn
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Lake of Shadows Hotel
Grianan Park, Buncrana | Hotelfrom $63 -
Marine Lodge
Barrack Hill, Buncrana | Hotel
