We visited several places in midland and southern Ireland, with my friends Vincenzo and Mirco.
Here is a very brief summery of our journey.
See you back in September, I'm going to Abruzzo region (Italy) to visit my relatives and have a rest for my previous journey ;-)
The main places we visited in Ireland:
- Dublin (Guinness Housestore, Jameson whiskey distillery, etc)
- Kilkenny
- Rock of Cashel
- Caher castle
- Clifden
- Galway
- cliffs of Moher
- Connemare national park
- Inishmore, Aran Islands (no ferry boat, flying with a small plane!)
- Portmagee and Valentia island
- Clonmacnois site
- Waterville beach
- Locke's distillery, Kilbeggan
My personal top 5 must-see:
- warm and welcoming Irish people
- Inishmore, Aran Islands
- traditional Irish music concert (harps, violins, accordions, etc) and singing
- Rock od Cashel
- Locke's distillery, Kilbeggan
The things I did NOT liked:
- Delays with Rayan Air flights and missed connection:
Rayan Air does not care about missed connections, and I am talking about flights by the same airline! - war atmosphere in London Stansted airport:
several armed policemen looking around for terrorists, several annoying perquisitions - my last day Irish breakfast! I was full and fed up... ;-)
Some advices for travellers:
- rent a car (e.g. Hertz company) and add a fee for a second driver assurance + pay assurance for any damage you may face (they call it CWD, named "casco" in Italy)
- if you need to bookmark B&B accomodations, visit any Irish tourist information office to have assistance: they make phone calls, after looking into a computer database (the booking is 4 UERO and are paid by the B&B host)
- in western Ireland roads are a little bit narrow, but speed limits are unexpectedly high:
a road limited to 100 Km/h in western Ireland would be limited to 50 Km/h in Italy.
Last but not least, drive on the left side of the road and turn around roundabouts in clockwise way: sometimes you could forget ;-)
Here is a small selection of pictures I've taken:
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| Tour Irlanda 2007 |
3 comments:
welcome back! where's the photo with the logo t-shirt?
Thanks Giuseppe!
We shot hundreds of pictures, I have to check it ;-)
It was cold, rainy and windy (my first "ferragosto" with a sweatshirt) so I wonder if I had the chance to wear my t-shirt, don't remember.
Anyway, it's time to print a DominoBaloney sweatshirt ("felpa"), to be used next months and DominoPoint Day too ;-)
Looks like a great trip. You squeezed in a lot of sites (and sights!), and got to some of my favorite places. Cashel is really fantastic. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself.
Oh, and I completely agree about the Irish drivers, especially in the West. Every time we go for a visit, we have to get used to the fact that driving is more of an adventure than we're used to!
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