Personal Blog
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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!
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After our usual fry-up on Sunday morning, we set out for a brief trip to the shops in Exeter, via a walk around our side of the walls. Our hotel is right in the city centre next to the city walls, and the route we took gave us another good look at Exeter Cathedral on the way.
Arrival Date: 2015-11-19
Departure Date: 2015-11-25
Accommodation: Mercure Southgate, Exeter
Following a three-hour drive down to Devon on the Thursday evening, we finally arrived at the hotel around 10pm. We grabbed a quick drink in the bar, but got to bed fairly quickly as we were both tired from the journey. The room was amazing, they gave us the bridal suite (I told Helen they must’ve given us an upgrade as I only booked a standard suite online).
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On Monday morning, we woke up nice and early again, got another hearty breakfast, and set off to explore. First stop was Kilmarnock, a slightly larger town than Ayr just a short drive North. The town wasn’t very nice itself, it was fairly run-down with a lot of empty shops. There was some fairly interesting graffiti around though.