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A Day of Information and Reflection
Belfast What a day. We began our day at Kate's B&B sharing breakfast with an American couple. They were headed for Bushmill’s distillery to do the tour. They had no idea that the Giant’s Causeway even existed. They thought they could drive the coastal route to Bushmills, and then south again to Shannon Airport to arrive for an evening meeting. I suggested that they should see the Giant’s Causeway – and wished them luck.
We headed ...
A Wonderful Weekend in the Lakelands
... We had pork and beef and it was the most delicious home cooked meal I've ever had (aside from my mama's of course). I will forever dream about that meal until I return for more!
The next morning we had to leave to travel back to Belfast. It was 2 short days in Fermanagh but we saw nearly everything we wanted to and it all happened so easily, particularly for not having transport and for it being April.
While the taxi drove us from the B&B to the ...
Day 10 - Derry to Omagh
We spent the next morning wandering Derry. Another city with a violent history, including being the location of the Bloody Sunday Riots. Tensions seem somewhat greater here still than what we felt in Belfast. It is a walled city. The wall was built in the 1600's but this enclosed area was also used in more recent times to keep the Catholics out and to control the people. Derry is a really lovely town and the people are terrific but you can still feel the prejudices ...
Report back Day 19 Sligo to Cavan
... us the rest of her village. We then visited her local pub that had only room for about 5 people inside. Mary asked if we took a drink and the answer was yes. We had a couple of drinks. Back to Mary's for a beautiful dinner and many stories (most about Bomber) into the late evening. Mary then got a phone call from her publican friend that she had heard Moose and Squirrel were headed for Dublin and maybe for Scotland. We needed to leave early in the morning. Boris ...
Returning To Our Roots
... moving experience for him. The Reverend gave us a touching blessing at Derrylane for which I am eternally grateful. It was a deeply moving experience.
After Derrylane we drove to what was Dunaweel. Now it is a farm, but John had spoken two the two brothers who owned it. The old farmhouse built in the 1800s was still standing and now used for a storage shed. It ...