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Me and a few friends going to Dublin to see the sights (but mostly the pubs lol). I cant believe my liver withstood the alcohol intake lol and got back to Belfast and kept drinking into the small hours lol.

I had two beautiful holidays, 1 in Italy  & 1 in Poland, 2 beautiful countries. I went 2 Rome at the end of April, lovely weather, stayed at a hostel off the main train station, forget the name of it, very nice though, lovely restauraunts around it. I went to the cathederal and the collesumn the pantheon, all so stunning. I went on a tour of the Jewish ghetto as well, interesting. I went to Poland at the end of July with my Family, we went 2 Krakow for a wedding, amazing city, beaut...

This is a rough itinerary of our RTW trip hopefully starting in October 2007

Mike and I landed in Shannon and picked up the rental car. I drove us about 2 hours south to Kilarney, where we met Shea at a pub named Murphy's. After lunch, we watched the Ireland v. England rugby match before we headed out to find the B&B for our night's sleep.

Kinnitty was such a nice place to visit after 15 hours of flying and 4 hours of driving. Everyone there was at your becon call.  Food was Premo!!. There were just a couple of other people there so it made it romantic. The grounds were very nice you could walk for hours. The Dungeon room was closed. but the library bar had drinks as needed. It was just a little over price for the Castle

Dublin We booked a flight to Dublin while in an internet café in Amsterdam.  The flight via Aer Lingus was around one hundred Euro and left out of Schipol.  The flight was a nice flight, budget, but nice.  It was also nice to be in air conditioning again while traveling.  The heat was a balmy 90+ degrees and sticky.  I remember flying into Dublin looking out the window and seeing the Irish Sea.  My mother’s side of the family proudly touts...

I spent 2 weeks in Ireland, one week with my friends and the second week on the Shamrocker Tour On that tour I met Vikram, it was great fun travelling with him and the others!! I don't know what happened here - why all my pictures got lost!!! I have to upload them again and get the locations set right!! The pictures are mixed up a little now ... I am working on it! ;-) I have not forgotten about this blog!

"I'll seek a four-leaved shamrock in all the fairy dells, And if I find the charmed laves, or, how I'll weave my spells! I would not waste my magic might on diamond, pearl, or gold, For treasure tires the weary sense, such triumph is but cold; But I would play the enchanter's part, in casting bliss around - Oh! not a tear, nor aching heart, should in the world be found!" By: Samuel Lover

Is it just me or we we generally take what we have close by us for granted. As I kid I grew up in a beautiful place as my previous posts attest to. The Islands were always close to me yet it took me forever to actually visit them and see there beauty. I spent a few hours there wit some of my family one day last year. We caught an earily ferry from Rossaveal to Kilronan and toured around for the day and caught the last ferry back. We jumped a bus tour and tried to get everything. The place is ...

The tour to this rock island (skellig in Celtic means rock) is an adventure even on a sunny day with the immense waves and that little boat.   But to get there we are paid off. There are thousands of puffins at the reach of our hands literally.   And that hermitage, it seems to be from the Sinai desert - the same kind of guys lived there actually. In the 8th century it was.    

We went to Dublin for my birthday. It was great fun!

Music:Leslie Dowdall8.30pm @ The RoundyConcerts:Dana8pm @ Cork Opera HouseTickets: 25 - 27.50 Euro (+ 2.50 Booking Fee)Box Office: +353 (0) 21 427-0022

I promised myself to get at least two hikes in while I was here in Ireland. Today I did the first hike. I hiked from my hotel out to a place called Charles Fort. The hike was following the bay, and was mostly flat with a bit of a grade at the end up to the fort. It was about 3 miles round trip, maybe a bit more. The distances here are in kilometers and I don’t have a 5th grader with me to convert into miles.   I left the hotel at about 7ish ("ish" that is the in phrase for our tour d...

milltownmeadow said he would like an Irish theme.  First thing that came to mind was the Loch Ness Monster      I have no idea why.I then pictured him as a Leprechaun  So, I stuck with that.The photo was taken from Shaun's blog, Photos from trips to the North of Ireland  It is "The broad stone just outside Ballymoney".And I've added a few touches of my own  He also mentioned something about fairies in Ireland.

My 4th weekend has been spent in Ireland and beyond.  It started off with Cork, Ireland.  The plane ride over was amazing...Ryan Air from London Gatwick to Cork, Ireland.  A330 plane, which included the opportunity to buy baggies (yes, baggies) of alcohol.  I bought a baggy of brandy...it will sit on my desk back at Tech.  Oh yes. Ireland is soooo beautiful...and we've just seen the airport!  After much confusion about how to hail a taxi (they have a very particu...