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Hopping on and off in Belfast

I don't usually do "Hop on, hop off" bus tours however this fit into what I wanted to do on my last day in Belfast.  Sadly it was a dull very rainy day but ah well...  The pass was for 48 hours but with just 24 hours remaining in Belfast before flying back to London I had to rush around and missed quite a bit.  So let's carry on with my time in Belfast...when I wasn't on a black taxi tou r or having the luck of the Irish with fabulous weather on the Antrim coast . I stayed in an Airbnb home in Cliftonville which was full to bursting but our host Mary was lovely.  I've said it before and I will say it again... I love staying with locals. First stop...the Titanic exhibition... which was marvelous. Okay confession time...I went to see this after the Black Taxi tour but it was part of the Hop-on/Hop off experience so I've included it in this post.   I've always been fascinated by the Titanic and this huge complex covers the "idea" of the

Pouting around Prague - the last 24 hours

Well I talked about the first 24 hours and the middle 24 hours so now it's time for the last 24 hours in Prague....after four months of travel I reached a sort of "burn out"  I knew this would happen but it's just unfortunate I was with a friend who was excited about seeing a city she hadn't been to in a long time.  I think I was definitely a damper on her time there.  At this stage of the journey, I just wanted to relax or go back to London.  My brain had reached a saturation point on discovering new things.  There was no JOY in exploring Prague for me.  I love exploring new places and am always so excited to see what's around the corner - not so for this part of the trip. I let Claudia make the plans and read the maps and I trudged behind like a sulky teenager.  Okay, maybe not quite that bad!   After making coffee in our room and having yogurt and fruit (our hotel room had a small fridge - so very handy) we walked to the nearby metro station and took ou