We rode from the Republic of Ireland into Northern Ireland without even noticing the distinction. The sameness was further vocalized when one of the riders asked in a local shop for a pin of Northern Ireland. The shopkeeper tartly responded, “there’s only one Ireland lady, and you are standing in it!” Oops! The money is [...]
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Northern Ireland2
July 2nd, 2000 · Comments Off
Tags: British Isles · Ireland
Ireland 2
June 27th, 2000 · Comments Off
Day 179 We departed the ferry onto Irish soil, just south of Dublin and headed for the dorms at University College Dublin (UCD). It was after 8 p.m. and we still had not had dinner! The drive to UCD didn’t take very long. The sag vehicle ended up following the bikes through the city. The [...]
Tags: British Isles · Ireland
Barmouth, Wales to Dublin, Ireland
June 27th, 2000 · Comments Off
Day 179 Last night was awful. I didn’t sleep, I couldn’t find my watch and when I got up it was 4:45 a.m! To make matter worse I had an ear ache, it was throbbing. I sure as heck didn’t feel like riding 85 miles today to catch a ferry only to get in to [...]
Tags: British Isles · Ireland · world travel