Category: Around Ireland

Powerscourt Waterfall – free showers

On the second day of our Wicklow trip the weather still was not fully on our side. But anyway we got some it-is-not-raining-at-the-moment time that we spent walking around the highest waterfall in Ireland. Powerscourt Waterfallย (Irish:ย Eas Chonaill),ย is a 121-metre high waterfallย on the River Dargle, nearย Enniskerry. It is base on the grounds of Powerscourt Estate, that…


Glendalough – our place on Earth

Mid-term break… Kids off the school for one week… Parents took couple days off work… Holiday home near Glendalough National Park booked for few nights… All set up for a long weekend out… And… CRAP!!! The weather forecast warning about another storm over the tiny island of Ireland. Have you ever noticed, that storms and…


Belfast City Hall – kids are getting bored

This part of our short trip was not a compulsory visit. I mean, the kids had nothing to say in this matter, but the other parts of our adult s group decided to go… shopping ๐Ÿ™‚ So, we went for a stroll. On the way down to the City Hall, we visited George’s Market, where…


All aboard! – SS Nomadic, Belfast

Our visit to the museum would not be completed if we had not seen the last remaining White Star Line ship in the world! SS Nomadic was built at the same time as RMS Titanic and it was described as “Titanic’s little sister”. It is exactly the quarter of the size of the Titanic and…


Titanic Museum Belfast

That was the day the boys were waiting for! Titanic Museum here we come! But first… We needed to check is everything ready, so… do we have tickets somewhere handy on our mobiles (we booked those online for GBP 46.50 for a family 2+2)?do we have comfy shoes (9 galleries to walk through, slipways outside…