Ireland

We’ve really fallen into the habit of planning trips with relatively little time to spare. This time? Well, we knew we were travelling around this time but it took a bit to settle on where. After a bit of searching, we landed on Ireland. A few days with the guidebook got us an itinerary and with about a week to spare, we got hotels booked and started packing. We’re leaving on Thursday and are looking forward to a couple of days in Dublin before renting a car to travel along the north and west coasts for some hiking:

• In Dublin, we’ll head out on a food tour (our favourite way to see a city), check out lots of books, see some art and obviously, drink some whiskey.

• Then, we pick up a car and stop at Brú na Bóinne on our way up to Belfast, where we’ll check out the Titanic museum and the West Belfast murals. Then it’s on to the Giant’s Causeway, and an afternoon in Derry.

• We’ll then head up to Banba’s Crown (Ireland’s most northern point), visit Glenveagh Castle & its grounds, hike through the Poisoned Glen, visit a beach with caves, hike in Connemara National Park, hike around the Cliffs of Moher, and take a ferry out to Inishmore

Then, we’ll head back to Dublin for our flight home. Hopefully, with photos of puffins. I really want to see a puffin.