Monday, August 15, 2005
Day 81: England, Wales then onto Ireland
August 15: Three countries in one day is all I have to say!
No really... we were in Liverpool this morning, spent most of the day in Wales, and now I'm in Dublin.
Our first stop this morning was Chester - a small town in England, known for its Roman past. We did a walking tour around town where we got to see some of the ruins, the city wall, the river, and old houses from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries... before doing some last minute errands in our free time. Didn't have time to see the famous clock on the east gate of the city wall, but bought a postcard of it instead.
Llandudno in Wales is where we had lunch. It's a seaside town with beautiful buildings and a nice shoreline. This is also where we had to say goodbye to the 14 people returning to London today, who got picked up by another Contiki tour that just returned from Ireland.
Interesting to see how the street signs and information boards are all in Welsh as well as English!
In the afternoon, we saw Conwy Castle (interesting, from King Edward I's time... great views from the top too), and did a quick visit of the town known for having the longest name in the world! Its name is really long, so won't spell it here... but just take my word for it.
Wales is very scenic.
Had a short drive to the port of Holyhead where we caught our ferry across the Irish Sea. The journey was only two hours, the bus came with us.
Arrived in Dublin (Republic of Ireland) at 9pm, so haven't got to see any of it yet. I think we see some of it tomorrow, or when we come back here in a week's time.
Tonight, we also get to meet the other 20 people who do the Ireland 8-day part of our tour with us.
Other notes:
Saw that Australia thankfully drew the third Ashes test against England and the Logan Greg won Big Brother 2005 in Australia... I liked him, so I'm happy. (Mind you I really didn't get to see much of the series on TV at all.)
No really... we were in Liverpool this morning, spent most of the day in Wales, and now I'm in Dublin.
Our first stop this morning was Chester - a small town in England, known for its Roman past. We did a walking tour around town where we got to see some of the ruins, the city wall, the river, and old houses from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries... before doing some last minute errands in our free time. Didn't have time to see the famous clock on the east gate of the city wall, but bought a postcard of it instead.
Llandudno in Wales is where we had lunch. It's a seaside town with beautiful buildings and a nice shoreline. This is also where we had to say goodbye to the 14 people returning to London today, who got picked up by another Contiki tour that just returned from Ireland.
Interesting to see how the street signs and information boards are all in Welsh as well as English!
In the afternoon, we saw Conwy Castle (interesting, from King Edward I's time... great views from the top too), and did a quick visit of the town known for having the longest name in the world! Its name is really long, so won't spell it here... but just take my word for it.
Wales is very scenic.
Had a short drive to the port of Holyhead where we caught our ferry across the Irish Sea. The journey was only two hours, the bus came with us.
Arrived in Dublin (Republic of Ireland) at 9pm, so haven't got to see any of it yet. I think we see some of it tomorrow, or when we come back here in a week's time.
Tonight, we also get to meet the other 20 people who do the Ireland 8-day part of our tour with us.
Other notes:
Saw that Australia thankfully drew the third Ashes test against England and the Logan Greg won Big Brother 2005 in Australia... I liked him, so I'm happy. (Mind you I really didn't get to see much of the series on TV at all.)
# posted by mishij @ 2:23 PM 
