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Exploring Northern Ireland in 2 days, Part 1, The Ferry Trip and Lime Park

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We arrived in Ireland on the 6th of June. I hadn't been on a Ferry since I was very young. The guys who load them really know what they're doing.   The ships now have certainly taken a turn for the better.  I felt like I was in the bar of the Starship Enterprise. I don't know what it's like to travel in bad weather on the sea in a ferry, but our crossing was so peaceful that we both fell to sleep for at least and hour.  They even have stores inside.  I bought my son, Daniel, a Guinness Shirt and baseball cap.  Guinness beer is his favorite, and of course it's a very popular beer in Ireland and Scotland. Here's our sister ferry that docked just ahead of us. We weren't allowed to go out during the trip so this was my only shot at a picture. Look at how blue the water looks. It was that way the entire time. We chose to take the ferry and take the car since we were going to have to fly out of Edinburgh on June 8th and wo...