Left Dublin this morning and made our way straight to Belfast. Not much to impress truth to be told. Lots of re-construction going on, bit chaos-y, everyone seems to be going somewhere and does so without smiling. Got on another hop on hop off bus tour that took us around the sights. The young guide was fairly humorous and we saw the International Peace Line, the murals but again ...not much to impress really. Oh, forgot to mention the two irishmen we're bringi...

Great day today. Started with some family research. Ran into a dead end with great-grandfather but found great-grandmother whose maiden name was Catherine Kelly. After a late lunch we decided to do a hop on hop off tour of Dublin. It was fantastic! The bus driver was hilarious and very informative. There was 23 different stops, any of which we could get off and take a tour and then jump back on again. The ticket is good for 2 days so if we wanted we could go ba...

A definite neener moment, we're doing the guiness storehouse tour.

Finally in Dublin. Staying at ABC Guesthouse which is fairly central to everything.Little Baby Blue can stay out the back and have a rest for a couple days, we'll take the bus into the city centre. Haven't taken any photos today. It was raining when we left Kinvara (Galway) and we went straight into the airport to drop Chris off. Then back to here for a well-earned nanna nap. We've been down the road, found a laundrette run by polish people, did our washing, g...

I look at the clock and you guys will all just be starting your day. You have no idea how much I miss you all. We've bought some nifty trinket souvenirs so far, nothing major as yet (no Colin no whiskey). Ireland is very expensive. The weather has been pretty good to us so far really. Just like at home. Sunny then it rains for a bit lol. The temps have been terrific. Just on the goosepimply side of coolish but not brr cold, if you know what I mean. Coming thr...