Personal Blog
Continued from Part 1…
Today we learnt that a huge number of the roads around and heading away from Dublin were built in the last 10 years, so according to the satnav in my car we spent most of the day driving through fields! Since it’s Helen’s birthday today, we started by visiting an Inglot shop (a high-end makeup brand) in Ireland’s largest shopping centre (that’s about a quarter of the size of the Trafford Centre for comparison).
Arrival Date: 2018-04-09
Departure Date: 2018-04-13
Accommodation: Crowne Plaza, Blanchardstown, Dublin
Our first trip abroad together (and my first time abroad in well over a decade) started with a drive to Holyhead in Anglesey, a short ferry ride across to Dublin, and a quick loop around Dublin to our hotel. The ferry was small but fast (only taking around 2.5 hours to cross the Irish Sea), the water was very calm, but out on deck it was extremely windy!
Arrival Date: 2017-05-28
Departure Date: 2017-06-01
Accommodation: Lakeside Hotel, Lake Windermere
For our honeymoon, we chose to visit the Lake District for a few nights. A different kind of break to our usual sightseeing holidays, we wanted somewhere easy and relaxing, to take in the countryside and recover after all the excitement of the wedding.
Continued from Part 4…
Tuesday was our last full day away, so we decided to do some more travelling to see the sights. We first drove out to Marazion and St Michael’s Mount, which was beautiful; the village of Marazion was very quaint (although everyone around referred to it as a town despite it having no more than 1500 residents).
Continued from Part 3…
Today’s entry will be a quick one as we had a bit of a rest day. We drove up to Ilfracombe after our usual breakfast for a walk around by the harbour, the town was very nice but most of the shops and cafés were closed. We saw a very odd statue at the head of the harbour that was completely unexplained (no plaques or anything anywhere), it seemed to be a giant pregnant woman with half of her skin missing.