Ireland
Ireland has always been a dream destination for us. The best way to explore
the green island is to rent a holiday home and start your excursions from
there. Since such holiday homes have enough space to acommodate up to five
people, we decided to ask our friends to join us. This was a good chance to
spend some time together, because everyone was moving somewhere else due to
college.
Cork
Thursday - September 8th 2005
After we found the perfect apartment house, it was time to find a flight to
Ireland. Our first choice was Ryan Air, because back then it was still cheap.
Nevertheless luggage was limited and so we had some troubles to pack
everything accordingly. Before our flight arrived in
Cork in the late
afternoon, we had to stop in London Stansted, rush trough the airport, grab
the luggage, rush to the next Ryan Air counter and check in again. Booking
through wasn't possible and we only had two hours in London, you can imagine
that this was very stressful. Since then we have never used this cheap carrier
again. After we got our luggage, we took a taxi to our hostel. I don't
remember the name, but we weren't that happy with it. Luckily we had only two
nights there. We got our rooms and then we had some drinks with our friends at
the nearest pub.
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| Hostel in Cork |
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| Hostel in Cork |
Friday - September 9th 2005
In the morning we had breakfast at a nice coffee house at the
English Market. That's the right way to start your day. In 2005 Cork was the
European Capital of Culture
and so the city was nicely decorated with banners and flaggs. Since we hadn't
planned anything for Cork, we just strolled around the city. Cork isn't that
big and so we had only planned one day there.
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| English Market |
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| English Market |
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| Cork |
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Cork - European Capital of Culture 2005
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First we walked to the Saint Finbarre's Cathedral and then to the University
College Cork. Next we walked over the Strawberry Hill back to the city to get
some coffee to warm up again, because the weather wasn't that good.
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Finbarre's Cathedral
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University College Cork
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University College Cork
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University College Cork
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Cork seen from Strawberry Hill
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We spent the rest of the day with sightseeing in the city. In the evening we
had dinner at a Chinese restaurant. Afterwards we had some Guinness Beers in
several pubs. To be honest I'm not the biggest fan of dark beer, but one glass
is really good.
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| Cork |
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