The Tara is one of the very best hotels I’ve stayed in anywhere. Purpose built as a hotel, so well laid out with elevator next to reception, and breakfast room nearby. Brekky was truly excellent. Continue reading “Day 10, Sunday, Belfast”
Day 09, Saturday, Belfast
The airport bus stopped a few metres along Upper Leeson Road from the hotel and had us at the airport shortly after 9am. We found the Enterprise rental desk and after 20 minutes in the queue, and another bus trip we had the keys to an Opel Mokka. I think it’s the SUV equivalent of an Astra. At least it’s a 4 cylinder car. I had declined the GPS, then changed my mind and paid the extra €10 per day for it, then realised we could have just used Google maps on the phone to navigate. We set off up the M1 towards Newgrange.
Day 08, Friday, Dublin
The wifi here at the Leeson Bridge is stellar, and it’s easy to add photos, probably too many photos. It’s quiet too, as long as the windows facing the back lane are closed. We thought €12 per person was a bit steep for breakfast, and went in search of a cafe.
Day 07, Thursday, Dublin
After a quick breakfast, it took about an hour to get to Holyhead and another half hour to find somewhere to fill the car with diesel, and the Hertz drop off location at the ferry terminal. We had done 637 miles in the car, but it had a problem in that several times each day, at random times, it had repeatedly flashed the fault indicator on the dash, and beeped. A couple of times that was accompanied by the car slowing momentarily with a graunching sound from the rear. It wasn’t good. Maybe it stored a fault code they can look up. I had downloaded the Qashqai owner’s manual to see what it meant, but it could have been any of about 35 problems.