NFT: UK and Ireland trip

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Blarney Castle is pretty nice too

The Highlands were my favorite thing in Scotland. I liked Edinborough too. Cool city.

Also heard great things about the Black Cab Tour in Belfast but didn't get a chance to do it. Visited the hometowns of my ancestors in Ireland too. Worth looking up your ancestors if you are Irish.

We flew to Dublin, rented a car right away (paid up for automatic) and drove to Galway. Galway is great, lots of culture, music, food and drink. It’s also your base for Connemara, Aran Islands, Cliffs of Moher and some castles. We then drove south to Killarney for the Ring of Kerry. Killarney National Park is also there which is really good. And the Ring of Kerry is great - all day affair but well worth it. Be sure to stop at some local places - delis, restaurants, etc. - along the way. Killarney also has good restaurants and bars in town.

After that we stayed in Kinsale, just outside of Cork. It’s a port town so really good seafood there. We also went to Blarney Castle from Kinsale.

We finished up in Dublin for 4 nights, which I thought was two nights too many. Dublin’s cool but ultimately it’s another European city. Temple Bar is a really fun area though.

Also been to London but to me that’s another European city. Good time but I wish we were able to explore outside the city. Haven’t been to Scotland yet but it’s on the list.

Westminster Abbey is a must. There is a tour available for a little extra money than the normal tour, where an Abbey employee will take you behind the scenes to places hen oral tours don't go. Well worth a little extra money.
Also, tour St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Tower of London.
Outside the city, Take the short trip out to Widsor Castle and do the tour out there. The Abbey there is beautiful. See if you can find out in advance if there is a changing of the guard that day at the castle. It is much better than at Buckingham Palace.

I don't strongly recommend Stonehenge. I went, but it honestly wasn't that interesting.

I loved the city of Bath . Beautiful ancient Roman city. Very cool. Have a good trip.

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Stick out on the west coast. Dublin's cool for a day-Trinity College, St. James Gate, Kilmainham, Temple Bar, etc.-but Galway is the tops. Also, Doolin. Great little Irish village with an out of this world music scene.

I went to Glaslow when in college, but I was so drunk that trip I don't really recall much. :)

In London, the first thing to do is take one of those double decker tour bus rides. They will bring you through all the most popular spots in London, so you can get your bearings and decide what to explore further. After that you can use it as a "paid for" bus, just getting on and off wherever you want all during your time there. The top is open too, so you can be in the open air if its a nice day.

I would suggest that a nice walk is starting for Oxford Circus, a major shopping area, go down Regents Street (the high end shopping district) to Picadily Circus (another famous square). Then keep going down Regents and it eventually hits the road that Buckingham Palace is on. Go see the Palace, then follow the roads around to your left and you'll come up on Westminster Abbey and Big Ben.

Finally see a play in the West End (think off Broadway). There are something like 200 playhouses, with famous plays and actors.

We saw a play there and they upgraded our seats at the ticket office. Great pubs around the theaters too.

You should check out isle of Skye. It's up there, but worth the visit.

was low on my list of places to visit. I was very ignorant. After having been multiple times the past few years it's one of my favorite cities.

My 5 favorite things to do that I have done - I have so much still to see in London/UK:

1. Tower of London (white tower my favorite)

2. Museum of London (some medieval displays that are very cool)

3. Buckingham Palace (thought it would be boring, it wasn't)

4. The eye, yeah so what a Ferris Wheel, it has an unbelievable view (Big Ben, Parliament), they serve booze, and I like ferris wheels

5. Churchill War Rooms (I practically had to get dragged here and didn't want to leave, fascinating - just a couple hours, but I will never forget them)

Plus the food is great, I thought it was all rancid beef and fish 'n chips, but the food in London is great - expensive - the whole city is expensive - but I was impressed with the steak, the Italian food, the Indian food, etc. and the fish n' chips were of course great.

Never been to Ireland other than our Cork work facility and did zero site seeing or Scotland, but both are places I'd like to go.