Tag: Europe

Back to Dublin & Visiting Guinness!

ByTravelling Minion November 6, 2022 1 Comment
Today is mainly a travel day as I will be taking the train back down to Dublin where I'll spend my remaining time in Ireland. But before that I still have the morning in Belfast. Victoria Square While exploring on the first day I stumbled upon Victoria Square. I remember when doing research for Belfast, there is a cool viewing tower at the top called "The Dome". Unfortunately it was already...

The Giant’s Causeway

ByTravelling Minion October 31, 2022 1 Comment
Today I head to the Giant's Causeway. Because of the distance and cost of renting a car, I end up booking a day tour to visit it and a few points of interest along the way. So in the morning, I get to the tour assembly point, check in and get on the bus which will be my home for the next 8-10 hours. Carnlough The first stop along our route is a small town called Carnlough. The harbour of the town...

Titanic Belfast

ByTravelling Minion October 16, 2022 0 Comments
Today is mainly a travel day. In order to get to Belfast, I need to hop on the bus to get back to Dublin before boarding a train to Belfast. Unfortunately there isn't a very convenient way to get from Galway to Northern Ireland. So I need to loop back through Dublin. Train to Belfast After the early morning bus ride returning to Dublin, I make the short 10 minute walk from the bus stop to...

Cliffs of Moher

ByTravelling Minion October 9, 2022 2 Comments
This morning I'll be heading out to the Aran Islands and the Cliffs of Moher! Instead of doing this on my own, I opted to book a day tour in order to get out to these two spots. Normally I like the freedom of doing things on my own, however in this case, given my limited time in Ireland and the cost of having to rent a car and getting out to these locations it made a bit more sense to go with a...

Travel to Galway (Ireland)

ByTravelling Minion October 4, 2022 1 Comment
Flying to Ireland Even though I've been fortunate enough to travel a little in 2022, this would be my first (non-US) international trip since the pandemic began. (My 2021 Birthday flights notwithstanding since I never left any airports!). With this in mind I did arrive at the airport a bit early just to be safe. Breezing through security I had a few hours to spare airside in the airport, so I hit...

Planning for Ireland

ByTravelling Minion September 18, 2022 1 Comment
Ireland With 2022 seeing the world returning to normal the hope was to resume travelling more. This started with a trip earlier in the year to Maui. However, others had the same idea and the summer of 2022 saw a very rocky resumption of worldwide travel. With high demand for travel after two years of not, the world saw heavy demand for travel and much of the industry struggling to meet it. With...