Ellen and Mairin's adventure to Ireland
In and around Melbourne, Australia
The tickets are booked!!!!! We are going to Ireland! Yay!!!
Flying out to Shannon, Ireland on the 10th November... travel around Ireland for 3 weeks and then fly to London on the 2nd December, where we'll stay for 8 nights. We'll do the London thing, sightsee etc etc, until we fly out for Melbourne on the 10th December. Welcome to our travel blog!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Ellen & Mairin
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Carna, and Clifden
Here we are! After a very arduous journey on a jumbo jet, we have finally arrived. Arduous in the fact that I "threw up" half the way to hong kong, an... Continue reading » -
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We're bottling the rain and bringing it home!
Since our last entry we have covered lots of ground. From the internet cafe in clifden, we went home the scenic route via Kylemore Abbey. Its a spe... Continue reading »
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Sunshine!
We woke up to a beautiful sunrise in Cobh. Can you believe it! It didn't stop shining for 3 days too, and thats probably it for the rest of the tri... Continue reading »
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Grafton Street, Dublin
Today Tony and Bernie took us for a day out around Dublin, showing us the sights. We had a great day! Went shopping in some big mall place, where t... Continue reading »
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Paddy's fiddle
The quinns have a new holiday house up in Carlingford, right up near the border to Northern Ireland. What a beautiful spot! And its only about an h... Continue reading »
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Ellens fiddle...
We left Tony and Bernies on Wednesday morning, with plans to make our way to Keshcarrigan, Co. Leitrim, where Poppy is from. On the way there we st... Continue reading »
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Carmels
Last night we stayed in Tuam (pronounced Choom), nothing really very exciting there to be honest - just a stopover on our way up north. Tuam is a 1... Continue reading »
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Northern Ireland
From Carmels we had a short drive to get to Derry, just over the border to Northern Ireland. It was very strange going over the border - everything... Continue reading »
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Pete Murray!
Tonight we went and saw Pete Murray at Spirit, in dublin. What an adventure we had, and had such a great night. We decided that we would drive in,... Continue reading » -
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London
We have arrived in London! Its all a bit exciting. London is so pretty this time of year with christmas lights and everything.
Just a quicki... Continue reading »
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Walking around London
After arriving in London on Saturday afternoon, we went and had an early dinner, and wandered along Gloucester Road, and looked at all the houses a... Continue reading »
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The "Burm"
On Tuesday morning we caught the train up to Birmingham to see all the Campbells. Poppys sisters family.
It took 2 hours on the train,... Continue reading »
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Chicago. The musical
On Monday night we went and saw Chicago. It was awesome! Got half price tickets at the ticket booth in Leicester Square, so it was even better when yo... Continue reading » -
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More london
On thursday we started off the day with coffee with Tony. Lovely to see Tony again, had a nice chat over coffee.
From coffee with Tony we wen... Continue reading »
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Windsor Castle, Stonehenge and Bath
On Friday we went on our bus tour. 7:30 start - so early, and didnt get home until 8:30pm. Big Day! But a good one.
We first went to Windsor... Continue reading »
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Our last entry!
Today, our last day, we treated ourselves to a sleep in. It was so nice! We decided we would go up to Camden Town, where there are huge markets. Th... Continue reading »
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