The Emerald Isle

We arrived this morning (Delta Airlines style) to a traditional Irish breakfast of Honeynut Granola Bars, orange juice, and a banana. Ugh, okay maybe not very traditional. Formalities were a breeze and all our baggage arrived with us. That's always a good feeling. Our bus to Belfast leaves at 20 minutes past the hour, 24 hours per day. Venturing north, beyond the pale, from Dublin to Belfast revealed a beautiful patchwork of green plots used for farming, cattle and sheep. Between cities the population appears sparse, with quite a bit of open land separating homes.

Belfast welcomed us with a giant billboard advertisement for Coors Light Beer. It features a Kurt Russell look alike (fully mulleted Big Trouble in Little China/Overboard Kurt Russell) standing on a snow covered mountain with a caption that reads, "Bears ate my clothes."  Stay classy Belfast.