Our Portraits in Beer Foam Checking out the Greens around Dublin Today is a bank holiday in Ireland.We have glorious sunshine as we head out to check Merrion and Fitzwilliam Squares. These are beautiful parks that are surrounded by Georgian town homes.We continue on to St Stephen’s Green which is another park filled with statues , greenspace, and a pond with swans that seem to have posing down to an art …
From Belfast to DublinWest BelfastWe gained an hour last night due to Ireland’s daylight savings. Canada’s daytime savings time doesn’t happen until next week.After a big breakfast at the hotel, we head to West Belfast to look at the Peace Walls, gates, Bobby Sands Mural and Remembrance Garden.The peace walls were erected between the Protestant and Catholic areas. Although the Good Friday Peace Agreement was signed in April 10, …
Saturday in BelfastOff to Belfast It is raining this morning. We had a lovely stay with our Airbnb and hosts Ann and Reg in Bushmills near the Giants Causeway.Today we head to Belfast. The sun comes out as we arrive in the city. Our first stop is Titanic Belfast, an impressive building that houses s museum dedicated to the fateful ship.Titanic Belfast MuseumThe museum is really well-done, explaining everything from …
Neolithic Art and the Giants CausewayBru na Boinne It’s dark when we leave Galway at 6:30am. The morning is foggy as the sun rises brightly, but I’m not going to be fooled by the fickle Irish weather…in five minutes it can be a totally different story.We have a 2.5 hour drive to reach the Bru na Boinne UNESCO World Heritage Site (also known as Newgrange) where we have a 9:30am …