Welcome at Ciska's Travel Corner
Hello everybody, on this page I'll show you all the places I've been already for vacation.
Ireland
Me on Molly Malone's cart in Dublin
For our 2005 holiday we went to Ireland. This because my mother has lived her several years with her parents when she was a child and she
wanted to show us where she lived and where she went to school. On Monday the 4th of July we left very early and we drove the whole
day across England. Before we crossed the sea to Ireland we stayed one night in a hotel. The first four nights in Ireland we stayed in a
Bed & Breakfast in Shankil, south of Dublin, De first day we had lunch with the parents of Deirdre who we visited in
2000
in Canada. After lunch we went looking for my mothers house and school from former times.
Together with my mother next to a Connemara pony
Me as captain of the round-trip boat through the harbour of Ballinakill
After four days we went to the west and we rented a cottage for a week near Boyle. On the way to Boyle we made a short train trip through
bog and peat country in Shannonbridge near Clonmacnoise. From our cottage in Boyle we made several trips through the area, we also visited
the Connemara National Park and there I also saw some of the famous Connemara ponies. We also visited the coast several times where I searched
for shells on the often windy beaches. Unfortunately the weather didn't allow us to go swimming in the sea.
Together with my father in a pedal boat in the Dunlewey Lakeside Centre
After a week we continued our trip and went to County Donegal in the northwest of Ireland where we spend another week in a cottage in
Kilmacrennan. From there we visited the Glenveagh National Park with its beautiful castle and a very beautiful garden. I've made a lot of
pictures in this garden. Because this year I was allowed to use my fathers old digital camera as my old dog-camera that I used previously had
broken down. So this year I could make a lot of pictures. We also visited the Dunlewey Lakeside Centre, not far from the park. This is a
very large playground near a lake where you also make boat trips. There I enjoyed myself very much, I must say.
Cuddling a basalt column at the Giant's Causeway
Our last cottage this holiday was in Northern Ireland, in Randalstown. This wasn't just a cottage; it looked more like a villa. It used to
be the home of the gamekeeper of an estate and was about 150 years old. From this house we drove along the Atlantic coast, we visited the
Giant's Causeway and the Carrick-a-rede rope bridge, a narrow rope bridge to a small island just off the coast. We also went to Rathlin
Island to see the puffins. I've seen them and I also bought me a soft toy puffin. On the island we also some seals, so this was a perfect
day out for me. After a week in Northern Ireland we took the ferry again and crossed from Belfast to England to spent a day in Cambridge
before returning home. When we were in Cambridge my mother bought me a pair of princess shoes in the Disney store. I really liked them a lot.
Some of the pictures I took during this vacation can be seen on my
photo page. If you want to read more about
this vacation, read the
travelogue for this vacation of my parents.
