Tag: Travellingminions

Jameson and the Book of Kells

ByTravelling Minion November 13, 2022 2 Comments
Mad Yolks This morning, I get up bright and early in order to give myself plenty of time to walk from my hotel to the Jameson Distillery. In fact, I gave myself so much time that I arrived early and the distillery hadn't opened yet. Good thing I did a little research beforehand and found a breakfast spot nearby. Mad Yolks is a cool breakfast sandwich shop and I picked up a great egg sandwich...

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...