We had a busy day in Dublin today! We woke up and took the train downtown and then walked to a restaurant called The Queen of Tarts. It was packed and there was a line out the door, but we finally got a table. We each had a scone, and while they were no where…

Short one today! We slept in since we couldn’t check in to our AirBnB in Dublin until 1400. We got up and packed up and then headed to the Lanyon Place station to catch our train back to Dublin. Gina lost her ticket but luckily had her receipt so they let us on anyway without…

We slept in a bit this morning since we had no plans for the morning and had our AirBnB until 11. We decided to try a café in the Craft Village called The Cottage. This is a can’t miss stop in Derry, it is a cute little café with a lot of charm. I had…

Our only full day in Derry (regrettably). Derry is a beautiful city with a rich history, the second largest city in Northern Ireland, but it still has a small-town feel. We started the day with a walking tour to learn about The Troubles from the Derry perspective. This was a much smaller, more intimate tour…

Today’s adventures included a walking tour of Belfast to learn more about “The Troubles”. Our tour began at the Belfast City Hall where we received a very in depth overview about the history of the troubles between Ireland and the UK, starting with the invasion of Ireland by King Henry the 2nd. We walked to…

Today we did a hop-on/hop-off tour to explore Belfast. The tour consisted of 19 stops throughout Belfast. The first stop on the tour was at the SSE arena where Ireland’s only ice hockey team, the Belfast Giants play, unfortunately they don’t have any games while we’re in town (gotta plan better for that next time!).…

Felt pretty tired today, probably not surprising since I went from virtually no sleep to basically sleeping for about 15 hours. But no time to sleep in today, today my friend Gina arrived from Kentucky! I took my first Uber in Ireland today, which was pretty interesting since they don’t have private Uber drivers here,…

Day 2, finally landed in Dublin at around 11:10 local time, 5:10 back home! As I said in the last post, I got about 2.5 hours of sleep on the plane according to my FitBit, so naturally, I was exhausted! Went through customs which was a fun new experience. The customs officer seemed very suspicious…

Day 1 involved a bus ride to Chicago, a 4 hour wait in the United Polaris Lounge, and my first time flying Business Class. All around an exciting day! I enjoyed a small salad at the buffet in the Polaris Lounge and watched the Bengals beat the Dolphins (well I watched most of the game…