Goodbye Mr T, hello again Belfast

Quick vacuum and wash of the car and it was time to hand the A team back. We didn’t waste time with a long drawn out goodbye, they're no good for anyone. We just wished Mr. T many happy travels and moved on. It was sad, but it was the best way to deal with it.

added by chris:
We had done over 2000km's on our trip around Ireland and looking at the little map in our blog we did a nice circle of the country, the first country that I have lapped, and my biggest road trip to date. Very satisfied!

After this, Dave, the wicked owner, drove us into the village to catch a bus into Belfast, which was nice of him; he didn’t have to do that. We ended up having 40 minutes to kill in the cold, chilly wind. The weather, up until today, has been amazing, sunny, hot and wind free. The day that we give the car back it turns grey, cold and windy! No matter, we came prepared for every season. We pulled on our warm jumpers and Chris, being a man, went on a hunting, gathering session for a strong hot cuppa and hot choccie. He succeeded with this Mission, and not long after the bus arrived to take us to Belfast.

The journey took about 2 hours, not too bad we decided, given the windy little coastal roads. I swear though that the bus driver was a big meany. Every time someone got up, either to get something from their bags or to walk down the aisle for their up coming stop, he would put the brakes on suddenly making everyone lurch forward in a drastic, violent motion. He was a big fat meany he was and he also looked miserable.

I have to say, it was kind of nice to arrive back in Belfast. It was also a bonus that we knew our way around the city and where we had to go etc. We stayed once more in the hostel, which was much nicer this time as we had our own private room with our own CLEAN bathroom, it felt like luxury after ‘ruffing’ it in the back of the van (as much as we loved it!)

We strolled the streets until we found a nice little spot to eat, it was cheap and lovely and busy! We enjoyed our fresh salads and veggies and bit of meat before, feeling the exhaustion of the last few days, went back to the hostel and fell into a deep, peaceful sleep!

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Chris and Emily on June 5, 2009 from Belfast, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Europe 2009

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