Hello from Portadown
Portadown
03/10/2006
16 °C
Today is our second to last day in Ireland. We have had a few long days of driving so we are looking forward to a few days of relaxation.
We followed the coast from Guinness Heaven (Dublin) to Cork. Cork was a big fishing and cargo port which down the south of Ireland. We stayed at a B&B that I'll never forget. This place was amazing..... I have never eaten so much food in the morning for breakfast. Both mornings I had pancakes, scones with jam and cream and their very unusual and yummy porridge with Baileys. They were very generous with the Bailey's !
Unfortunately, we didn't get to see much of Cork so we'd like to go back but I'll never forget the breakfast. Instead of looking around Cork we drove to a fishing village about 30 minutes away called Linsail. The pictures we took were amazing, it was really picturesque. We also visited an old fort which was built in the 1600's called Charles Fort which was also worth a look.
From Cork we travelled up the western coast of Ireland to Galway which is a fishing town with great sandy beaches that has now been discovered by locals and tourists. It had plenty of modern buildings, pubs and clubs. We only stayed there for a night so unfortunately we didn't get a good look around. We went to a pub for dinner and the seafood was fantastic...the Guinness also tasted great (as usual). In the morning we strolled around the city but we had to leave in the early afternoon to drive to our final nights stay in Ireland at Portadown.
Tomorrow we will catch a ferry from Belfast to Stranraer so fingers crossed it is a calm day.
Overall, we are a bit tired from travelling so much but are having a great time.





