Our trip to Ireland and Spain
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Melissa and Jonno's 5 week trip to London, Ireland and Spain.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler go_girl
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London - the culture trip
Arriving 'back' in London was kinda familiar but all a bit new again. Lisa-Anne met us at the airport and it was great to see a friendly face,... Continue reading » -
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Dublin, Ireland - it's always warm in a pub
Our Ireland trip almost got off to a poor start with Jonno pulling his entire backpack apart at the check-in counter at Heathrow trying to locate... Continue reading »
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Dublin to Kilkenny
Today we found out exactly what everyone had been warning us about... driving in Ireland. It really is as bad as everyone says, the drivers ar... Continue reading » -
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Kilkenny to Cork
The last few days have been quite touristy, we went on a tour of Kilkenny Castle which was really interesting and wandered around the narrow wind... Continue reading »
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Cork to Kenmare
Leaving Cork we headed to Blarney Castle to join the queues of American tourists to check out the castle and the stone. Blarney was a nice sp... Continue reading »
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Kenmare to Listowel
Today we drove 'the ring of Kerry' and it really was spectacular.. the drive is a loop around the Iveragh peninsular and the landscape is ever chan... Continue reading »
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Listowel to Galway City - via Cliffs of Moher and the Burren
We've realised that we need to allow more time for everything in Ireland - and i mean that in the nicest possible way! Breakfast today took... Continue reading »
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Galway to Clifden
We were in need of a rest day after all the driving and navigating with incorrect maps and minimal road signs so we left the car and got a ferry to... Continue reading »
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Clifden to Derry
After leaving Clifden the roads and scenery became quiet, empty and peaceful. We drove through some spectacular areas, the Connemara was beaut... Continue reading » -
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Northern Ireland, Derry to Belfast
We arrived in Northern Ireland with no fanfare, no notice in fact that we were even in the UK, the only sign was to say welcome to County Derry.&nbs... Continue reading » -
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Barcelona
We finally arrived in Barcelona after a false start courtesy of me.... i thought I'd booked our flight from Dublin to Barcelona for the 11 April,... Continue reading »
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Valencia
The 3hr train from Barcelona to Valencia was quite pleasant with views of the beach and then heading inland, continual views of orchards and villas.... Continue reading » -
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Granada
It was our intention to get a train from Valencia to Granada, but we hadn't counted on the Easter holidays and all the trains were full, so we hi... Continue reading »
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Seville
While waiting for the early morning train from Granada to Seville we had breakfast in the station cafe and saw first hand that yes Spanish people... Continue reading »
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Cordoba
We made a short overnight visit to Cordoba, partly because we couldn't find accommodation in Madrid and partly because we'd read the Mezquita was wo... Continue reading » -
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Madrid
Madrid was a very different city to the rest visited in Spain, it was more cosmopolitan, bigger, busier, but also had the downside of many big c... Continue reading »
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Bilbao
Our journey to Bilbao was fun as we took an overnight train, our sleeper was tiny and hot, but a great way to travel! We arrived into Bilbao abou... Continue reading »
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London
Back to London for a few days and we again stayed with friends and caught up with old friends and family who were also in town. We had a few d... Continue reading »
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