It was drizzly again in Dublin when we set off for brunch at a place called Alma in Portobello. It was recommended by the lady at the seafood cafe. Portobello is about a 15 minute drive away from Temple Bar and serves a reasonably affluent neighbourhood. The cafe was packed with a queue and people […]
Day 19: July 9th
We had booked tickets for the Irish Museum on emigration (EPIC). It was established by an American to document the history behind and achievements/contributions of Irish immigrants around the world. We set off an hour early to walk so we could have a coffee before our timed entry, given the website said the cafe opened […]
Day 18: July 8th
We set off from Galway in drizzle reasonably early (9.30am) as had decided to drive to Ashford Castle for breakfast. The trip took us due north along very pretty rural roads and through the equivalent of Irelands Lake District. Ashford Castle started as a medieval castle and then was bought by the Guinness family in […]
Days 16 and 17: July 6th and 7th
Well Thursday was not a great day weather wise or health wise but it allowed some much needed catch up time. Mike woke with an upset stomach and literally slept all day. I did not much, and all of it was indoors as there was pretty much torrential rain and a very cold wind. Steve […]
Day 15: July 5th
We had a surprisingly good breakfast at Hillgrove so that we had plenty of time to get packed up and over to the distillery for the tour booked at 10am. Our host recommend we take the Connor Pass road over to get to Tralee as the views were great. He warned us that the road […]
Day 14: July 4th
It was drizzly and cool (almost cold) when we got up this morning. We set off down the hill to locate breakfast at 9.30 with our raincoats and were damp by the time we located a cafe with a table available. They served a reasonable avo smash with halloumi and fried egg and other usual […]
Day 13: July 3rd
We set off for the Dingle peninsula at 9.15 heading towards Kinsale as that was a really pretty stop recommended to us. It was quite chilly but reasonably fine and the route took us along nice country roads to Cork, rather than on the motorway. Steve drove to Cork and we got there just after […]
Day 12: July 2nd
We have 2 nights in Waterford and that was a good choice. It’s a really pretty place on the southeast coast of Ireland, and a pretty wealthy area but the look of the general housing, shops and facilities. We set off for a Sunday morning coffee at just after 9, which turned out to be […]
Day 11: July 1st Manchester to Ireland
We got ourselves up and organised for the walk to terminal 3 which took about 10 minutes walking briskly. The flight to Dublin was on Aer Lingus and there was just one check in person. Oh and the boarding pass printer was on the blink. We had no option to check in on line so […]