by hollyGS
Here is a video we made about all the reasons you NEED to visit Northern Ireland!
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by hollyGS
We had initially done a lot of research about taking the ferry from Belfast/Cairnryan to Edinburgh. A company called Stena Lines does the trip, and you can purchase a combination ticket that includes the bus to the ferry terminal, the ferry and then the continuing bus on to Edinburgh once you’ve crossed. The journey would have taken about eight hours and cost roughly 30 pounds. I’m somewhat of an obsessive planner. So, the fact that the ferry combination ticket could […]
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by hollyGS
On our first full day in Northern Ireland we decided to book a tour in order to see a lot of sites around Northern Ireland. We booked with a company called Paddy Wagon Tours (which cost us 29 euro each). The tour left Belfast central Bus station at 10 am. The bus was late, so we waited around for quite awhile, and despite the fact that we were the first ones there waiting, we were the last too climb onboard […]
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by hollyGS
Link to tour is here: https://embed.alpacamaps.com/journey/9ffea8e2-5eda-11e9-96fe-067ec0c7e8f4/default We weren’t quite sure what to expect from Belfast Northern Ireland. We knew it was a good jumping off point from which to see Giant’s Causeway and the Dark Hedges, but we never imagined how amazing the street art in down town Belfast would be. Here is the link to the walking tour we have made: https://embed.alpacamaps.com/journey/9ffea8e2-5eda-11e9-96fe-067ec0c7e8f4/default We knew of the street art surrounding the peace walls and the divide between the Loyalists and […]
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by hollyGS
We woke up super early and checked out of our hostel in order to catch our bus to Belfast. We booked our tickets with aircoach online from Canada. We boarded the bus on O’Connell Street in down town Dublin at 7:30am (the bus stopped briefly at Dublin airport) and we arrived in Belfast at 9:50 am. The trip was easy and I would recommend booking with aircoach. It cost us 11 euro for the trip! For reference the route we […]
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by hollyGS
Our second day in Dublin we started off the day at an amazing cafe near our hostel, Metro Cafe. It was just above freezing, so we were able to sit outside and enjoy a hearty breakfast and delicious coffee. There was a really amazing mural opposite the cafe. The mural was Halloween themed, which was appropriate because we were visiting Dublin in the week leading up to Halloween. We then headed to Christ Church Cathedral. We had seen people up […]
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by hollyGS
About a year ago we tried to visit Dublin Ireland on a quick trip from Toronto, but that plan was foiled by WOW airlines (aka the worst airline). If you haven’t already read about our first attempt to see Dublin Ireland, I will link the short video below, or you can read it by clicking here. Our second time in Ireland was much more successful and we finally got to try that quintessential pint of Guinness. We arrived at Dublin […]
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