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Northern Ireland: Tour of the Causeway Coastal Route and Glens

January 27, 2014 by Hugh Nelson 3 Comments

We dedicated one day in Northern Ireland to a bus tour of the Causeway Coastal Route and Glens, including a visit to Carrickfergus Castle, a drive along the Nine Glens of Antrim, a walk along the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge, lunch at The Old Bushmill’s Distillery, a visit to the World Heritage Site known as Giant’s […]

Filed Under: Sight Seeing, Travel Outside Paris Tagged With: carrickfergus castle, carsick-a-rede rope bridge, giants causeway, nine glens of antrim

Northern Ireland: Crumlin Road Jail in Belfast

January 27, 2014 by Hugh Nelson 1 Comment

The Belfast Visitor’s Center advised us to take the tour of Crumlin Road Jail (called Crumlin Road Gaol), so this was the first place we visited when we came to town. The jail was built in 1846 during the Victorian era and was home to more than 25,000 prisoners before it closed in the 1996. […]

Filed Under: Sight Seeing, Travel Outside Paris Tagged With: crumlin road gaol, crumlin road prison

Visit to Northern Ireland

January 26, 2014 by Hugh Nelson 6 Comments

Between January 17th and 22nd we traveled to Belfast, Northern Ireland. This might seem an odd choice for our first trip outside France considering there are so many other destinations to choose from. The reasoning went like this: In late October Brenda purchased 2 tickets to see Van Morrison on January 21st at the Hastings […]

Filed Under: Travel Outside Paris Tagged With: Belfast, van morrison

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