Our day started with a Black Cab tour of the Shankill Road and Falls Road areas of Belfast. Our driver arrived on time and provided us with expert commentary on our trip around the two districts - the Shankill Road area being the Protestant area and the Falls Road area being the Catholic area. Our driver, being a confessed protestant - cleary was biased in his history of the troubled times, however, it was good to get a perspective from him and he did try to prov...

Irish Travels - the Real Journey begins……Sept 9th The day started with breakfast at the hotel - we were lucky to have booked another night at The Castle as it was so close to everything in Dublin. After breakfast we walked to pick up the car - another problem - the car wasn't there - again! - The guy at the counter, who was there yesterday, obviously saw our disappointment, and made the necessary arrangements for our car to be ready - basically this consi...