Winding Down My UK Vacay with Day 7 in Dublin!

 

Welcome to Day 7 of my UK vacation! 

As I mentioned in my last post, we left Cardiff, Wales on Sept. 16th and flew to Dublin where we stayed at the elegant RIU Plaza The Gresham Hotel.

Just looking at the website you know these bathrooms were as luxurious as any you can find! 

And there was nothing "continental" about breakfast either. The dining room was huge and the variety of food available, a veritable smorgasbord!

Leaving our luggage at the front desk, we headed out on a City Sightseeing, tour of the city where we discovered all things Guinness, St Patrick's Cathedral and Trinity College where the Harry Potter's Book of Kells is housed.

The bus also took us to Phoenix Park, which originated as a hunting ground.

We only had 1 day in Dublin so these are only a few highlights of the city. We didn't even have time to get off the bus and tour anthing. So if you ever go to Dublin, plan on staying a few days to enjoy the rich culture throughout Ireland's capital.

I'll share the remainder of our trip in my next post so come back and reminisce with me!

PamT

Day 6 of UK Vacation - Cardiff, Wales

Day 6 started out early with a train ride from Bath, England to Cardiff, Wales. I would love to have provided photos from the train but there weren't too many "spectacular views" along the way as the track was surrounded by hillsides much higher than the windows so all you really saw were those with an occasional glimpse of animals in a pasture or something. 

Anyway, we arrived in Cardiff around 11:30 am - just in time for a quick view of Cardiff Castle and lunch in the Castle Cafe. Due to limited time in Wales and all the walking we'd done to date, we opted out of a tour of the Castle, choosing instead to take a boat tour of the bay. 

Our stay at the lovely Hotel Indigo with its luxurious bathroom definitely had us singing a happy tune because it was spacious yet cozy, giving us ample room to reorganize our luggage for the remainder of our trip.

The next morning had us up early and headed out of Wales to Dublin via KLM Royal Dutch Airlines with a 4 hour layover at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam where the toliets (restrooms) were some of the best we'd experienced to date. They even had toilet seat cleaner! 

Definitely singing a happy tune over that.

My next post will outline our time in Dublin followed by Clare and the Cliffs of Moher.

I hope you'll drop by to enjoy the trip with me.

PamT