The Hostel

The Hostile Hostel

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September 17th 2007
A follow-up to my previous post... Later on that first night, Rose and I got back to Paddy's Palace International hostel and found the door locked. A very grumpy man opened it and informed us that the front door was around the back (that's Belfast for ye)... so we apologized and tiptoed up the 150-year-old stairs with its 150-year-old handrail that had clearly not been washed in as many year ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more