Category: Travel
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Tuesday 22 February 2000 Highlights: The Easter Rebellion We walked down O’Connell Street and visited the General Post Office, site of the 1916 uprising against British rule. The Rebels were not supported by the public at the time, and when defeated several of the leaders were excited. However the public executions turned public opinion against…
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Monday 21 February 2000 Highlights: Trinity College, the old Irish Parliament House, the fantastic Guinness Brewery. We woke up to a beautiful day so good in fact we decided to chance it without our raincoats. Jon had a small dispute with a fellow guest at the hostel over which bed he should be in. We…
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Sunday 20 February 2000 Highlights: Magnificent Murals covering the ‘Troubles’. We spent most of the day in Derry / Londonderry. Early in the morning we again walked the wall, but this time looking murals of the Troubles. In Northern Ireland murals have become significant symbols, depicting the region’s past and present political and religious divisions.…
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Saturday 19 February 2000 Highlights: Thieves in the Night, the Tower Museum During the night someone quietly entered our dorm room and stole my backpack. After searching we reported it to hostel staff and later the police, not a great feeling :(.
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Friday 18 February 2000 Highlights: Queen’s College, Irish pubs We got up early an started the second walking tour. Unfortunately luck was against us and it rained heavily most of the time. We walked past the Europa Hotel, the most bombed building in the world apparently and to a nearby Royal Ulster Constabulary (or police)…
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Thursday 17 February 2000 Highlights: Giant’s Causeway, personal tour of Belfast. We did a Youth Hostel Organised tour to the Giants Causeway. Leaving from a different Belfast Hostel down the other end of town at 9.30 am so we had to get up early. Along the way up we visited a coastal castle, abandoned long…
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Wednesday 16 February 2000 Highlights: Walking tour of Belfast, City Hall, Guinness. Today we went on the Lonely Planet’s first walking tour of Belfast. While this tour had frequent rain luckily for the most part it was while we were undercover. The highlights of the tour included the leaning clock tower in honour of Queen…
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Tuesday 15 February 2000 Highlights: Ferry crossing to Northern Ireland. After very little sleep we started our second last long travel day. The American in our room was sick and coughing and an Asian kept talking in his sleep so I only got 2 hours sleep. We caught the 9.30 am train to Glasgow and…
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Monday 14 February 2000 Highlights: Stirling Castle After a small breakfast we headed for Stirling Castle. Today we had fairly constant drizzle and at times amazingly thick fog.
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Sunday 13 February 2000 Highlights: Royal Mile, Palace of Holyroodhouse, St Giles Cathedral We sent today walking the Royal Mile. A road connecting Edinburgh Castle with the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Most of the attractions were shut until 2 pm as it was Sunday or we were not interested in the ones that were. However we…
