Blogs from Sligo, County Sligo, Ireland, Europe - page 2

Geo: 54.2706, -8.47153July 11, 2010Sligo, Republic of IrelandI tried uploading my pics last night, but they wouldn't load. I tried again when I got up this morning at 6 a.m., and they still wouldn't load. Breakfast at 7 was the usual fare except they also had salmon and cheese available. The eggs were back to being runny again. I tried the boiled eggs, but they were still hot and I couldn't get the shells off without taking off the egg with it. My mood is peckish at best; I'm tired, I miss a normal breakfast, and it's that monthly time again. I am so ready for menopause! We left the hotel at 8. Now that we are in Ireland, Dylan states that there is an old Irish legend that if a woman sees 7 white horses ... read more

The Lake Isle of Innisfree We weren't up so spritely this morning funnily enough but another big breakfast had us fired up soon enough. First stop on the Lough Gill drive was Dooney Rock quickly followed by the fabled Lake Isle of Innisfree. The closest point to it is up a small lane so no coach parties get here but it looked like not many others were heading that way either. The Millennium Sculpture is falling down and the paths are starting to get overgrown. However we persevered and managed to take a longer walk through the heather to get an impressive view of the whole Lough (although noon it was the wrong time of year for the purple glow). Looking over to Parke's Castle and the Sleeping Giant on a warm sunny day was great. ... read more

Saturday, June 20th, From Gaul to Gaelic Oh how I hate travel days. They are full of tension and stress. You have to wake up early, be at such and such place on time or miss your train/airplane. Don't forget to triple check your room to see if you forgot to pack something or you might never see it again. On Saturday we left France and headed for Ireland after another planes, trains and automobile marathon. We were up at 4:30am, and after sad goodbyes with Pierre and Christine we were on the road by 5:30am to Lyon, catch the TGV in Lyon directly to Charles De Gaulle airport, then Air France puddle jumper to Dublin, then rental car # 2 from Dublin to Sligo. Love Travel, Hate Airports Let me just take a brief travel ... read more

Saturday 6th June Belfast to Sligo via the coast road Well it wasn’t a bad nights sleep in the backpackers in Belfast,at least for one of us.Gretchen has succumbed to a cold which she reckoned she got from the London tube.So her nights sleep was disturbed.She also reckons that bunks aren’t a bad way to go with sleeping arrangements if you are married to someone who snores!!All you have to do to get the snorer to turn over is give them a kick in the bum from the bottom bunk!!She says it works a treat....not that I would know anything about that. We were like the Little Pigs and were up before the Wolf(aka other backpackers!!)and down to the communal showers.We thought it best to go and shower together(separate shower cubicles!!)as the lock on the door ... read more

My alarm went off at 5:45am, I growled, turned it off, and forced myself to get up. I packed my things up in the dark and snuck out into a completely deserted Belfast. I walked to Victoria Station in Belfast only to find uot I needed to be at Central Station, 15 minutes walk. It was 6:30am and my train was 6:50am. I nearly ran and made it by 6:40am. This is when I'm thankful I'm only lugging around a 22lb backpack. Which is probably about 30 lbs now. I got to Dublin on a train that was so packed with suits that people were standing. It was raining out as we went past fields of sheep and countryside. It was very pretty. I arrived in Dublin at 9:30am and headed to the ticket window to ... read more