Yesterday we got up at the crack of dawn and took a taxi into the ferry port of Dublin to catch this guy:
It’s called Ulysses and is an ocean-going car ferry that can carry hundreds of cars and almost 1000 people on it’s 11 decks!
The ship has features including a cinema, a large shop (selling everything from food to jewelry), several restaurants and many lounges in which to relax.
Our destination was the port of Holyhead in northwest Wales. The trip took about 3 hours, was very smooth and I enjoyed it quite a bit!
Holyhead is a small wind-blasted coastal port town with a lot of charm. After a lengthy disembarkation process we were released into the streets and headed to our B&B. Being Sunday, virtually everything was closed 🙂
After checking in we made our way to the west side of town and the marina. The small building in the above photo is a restaurant/museum and not only was it open, they also served great food!
Holyhead is known for a lighthouse south of the town called ‘South Stack’. It’s not feasible to walk there, and by the time we’d found a taxi to take us we were only a few minutes too late to take the walk down to see the actual lighthouse up close.
There it is from a nearby lookout. The cliffs you can see between us and the lighthouse were covered with thousands of nesting seabirds. It was quite a sight!
Just after taking the above shot it started briefly raining, but for most of yesterday the weather was beautiful.
Today we’re on an early train up to Blackpool. I’ll likely never return to Holyhead, but I’d say it was worth the visit 🙂
