Dublin to Belfast

A leisurely departure from Dublin but sad farewelling the Griffins after such a lovely time with them. They dropped us at the airport where we easily found the rental car. Our drive to Belfast was on the coastal road and it was typically beautiful scenery. We stopped at a restaurant at Annalong, a deserted fishing village, where we had a fish and chip lunch, overlooking the sea. Our trip carried on until we made a major detour in an effort to locate the family home of our neighbour as he had asked us to do this. The address was 10 Cranny Lane which ended up being a very old farming area and itself was a very old farm lane. We were able to identify the house from the one in his photo and so took several photos for him. The trip into Belfast took another hour and so it was about 6 when we arrived. We were relieved to be in a gated apartment block with parking as we are in the heart of East Belfast and the families out on the street were scary to say the least. We changed and headed off on foot towards town which was 30 minutes walk. The streets were relatively empty and we didn’t feel as safe as in other cities. However we found the main eating area, Cathedral Quarter and enjoyed pizza at a very cool place before wandering around the laneways and streets full of old Irish bars. We decided on a taxi home for three reasons- very tired, safety and we weren’t sure where our apartment was!Read more