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A day on the Cliffs of Moher tour
Book your Cliffs of Moher tour now! The Cliffs of Moher tour starts at 7:00 am. Finn McCools Tours buses usually arrive at around 6:30 am. First stop at Athlone is a rest stop. Plenty of time to grab some breakfast and coffee. First official stop Galway. Enough time (around 1 hour) to explore this beautiful
Read MoreWhat’s so special about the Cliffs of Moher
The Cliffs of Moher is Ireland’s number 1 tourist attraction. It is also the first picture you see after your plane lands. You can find quite a few stunning pictures of the Cliffs of Moher at Dublin Airport. Every year, we have people coming from everywhere around the world just to see this Moher
Read MoreCliffs of Moher – The Cliff of the Foals
Another legend of the Cliffs of Moher that would not too much sense to most readers. To start the “story”, you need to first have some knowledge about Christianity and Ireland. Before St. Patrick came to Ireland, most people believed in and practised Celtic paganism. Instead of having someone or something as “God”, these deities
Read More英国留学生的圣诞假期
如果你是在英国留学，圣诞假期没有打算回国，那北爱尔兰是一个很好的去处。 为什么？因为北爱尔兰虽然是英国的一部分，但当地人的生活习惯和文化，比较像爱尔兰人。不用担心签证问题的同时，可以感受一下欧洲其他国家的气氛，一举两得。 去北爱尔兰的话，可以坐飞机或是搭船到贝尔法斯特 (Belfast)。 到北爱尔兰，不能不去的，是巨人堤道 (Giant’s Causeway) 及卡里克索桥 (Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge)。以下提供几种方法 ： 自己开车游 记得要带上 GPS，不然的话，有机会迷路。但一般问路的话，北爱人都是挺友善的。问题是，他们的口音很重，很多英国伦敦出生的人，很多时候在北爱，也不是太沟通得来。 自己搭公车 这里有英文的详细介绍。 参加一天游 圣诞假期可以说是旺季，也可以说不是。毕竟冬天太冷，很多人都会选夏天才旅游。而且，圣诞节对欧洲／美国等等的国家来说，是像我们中国人过年一样，大家都要回家聚聚，很少会去旅游。所以，这时候的一天游，其实大部分都是留学生。我推荐 Finn McCools Tours 的一天游，原因有二。第一，当然是基本的，他们的旅游车舒服，导游专业（虽然是当地人，但他们在车上讲解和跟旅客沟通的时候，会改变一下他们的口音，并说得慢一点，很容易明白），要去的景点都会去，时间也充裕。第二，是因为他们其实是从爱尔兰的都柏林出发的。有大概一半的人，其实是参加他们的都柏林一天游。所以，大概六点回到贝尔法斯特后，导游会跟从都柏林出发的旅客回到都柏林。如果你想跟他们的车去都柏林，你只需要在订票的时候说，然后当天付十英镑就行。 (北爱尔兰和爱尔兰是没有海关的，车都是直接驶过就行。很多时候，你根本就不会留意到你已经在另一边。) 巨人堤道和卡里克索桥一天游可以在这买票：https://www.finnmccoolstours.com/giants-causeway-tour-from-belfast/ 权力的游戏和巨人堤道一天游可在这买票：https://www.finnmccoolstours.com/game-of-thrones-location-tour-from-belfast/ Written by: 鹰影 *The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of Finn McCools Tours.
Read More跟你約好的北愛爾蘭
你曾經跟我說，香港壓力枷鎖大，很希望有天可以不顧一切地丟下所有，和我一起出走，去世界的盡頭。我說，地球是圓的，那有甚麼世界盡頭之說。你隨手拿走地圖，指著最左邊的一個小島，說，看，那就是盡頭。 最後，我們沒能一起掙脫枷鎖。但我還是選擇了到愛爾蘭一趟，去看看這個世界的盡頭。 在都柏林 (Dublin) 待了幾天，決定到北愛爾蘭 (Northern Ireland) 走走。 明明是同一個小島，偏偏因為宗教，歷史等等，成了兩個國家。都柏林是愛爾蘭 (Republic of Ireland) 的首都；而貝爾法斯特 (Belfast) 則是北愛爾蘭的最大的一個城市。 經貝爾法斯特，我來到了巨人之道／巨人堤／巨人之堤 (Giant’s Causeway)。六角形的石柱，怖滿整個海岸，非常的壯觀宏偉，不愧為世界自然遺產。我坐在其中一堆石柱上，聽著海浪沒有節奏的拍打著石群，看著一道道的白浪濺起，就這樣，過了一個下午。 時間是相對的。一個下午，如果是要坐在會議室聽報告的話，可以很長。但如果是呆呆的坐著的話，可以是轉瞬即逝。 那天晚上，我在附近借宿。第二天，來到了卡里克索橋／凱利克里亞德吊橋／雷德索吊橋 (Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge)。 如果是和你一起來的話，畏高的你，應該不會過橋吧。然後，我也應該會選擇陪你在島的這邊看看便算。如今，我卻是二話不說的購了票，走到了卡里克小島 (Carrick-a-Rede Island)。 有時候，我也想不透，到底我們分開，是好？是壞？ 但我知道，如果兩個人在一起，會覺得有一些枷鎖是解不開的話，無論怎樣，都很難會幸福。 Written by: 阿亨 *The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of
Read More4 reasons you should not take day tours
You get a set time at each place You do not get a say as to how much time you want at each place. Going on a day tour means you have to follow the tour’s itinerary. Time at each place has already been decided before you book. A bus does not wait. (To be fair though,
Read MoreHow to go to the Giant’s Causeway from Dublin by bus
(Last updated: 24 July 2017; First written on: 16 Aug 2016) Want to travel like a local and save a few quid? Here is how you can go to the number 1 tourist attraction in Northern Ireland by public transport. Although possible, it is quite a lot of hassles. Option 1: Bus/ Train from Dublin
Read MoreCliffs of Moher – The corpse eating eel
According to the folk legend, somewhere close to the village of Liscannor, there was a giant eel that came ashore every night to eat corpses from the cemetery of an Irish Saint Macreehy’s church. Although it was acceptable for humans to eat dead eel, it was not acceptable for an eel to eat dead humans. St. Marcreehy
Read MoreCliffs of Moher – The Mermaid of Moher
First off, let me be honest, this legend has nothing to do with the actual Cliffs. It could have happened anywhere else that is close to the Sea. Someone must have come up with the idea, let’s call the Mermaid in this legend “The Mermaid of Moher”! She could have been the Mermaid of the
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