Irska

Odločitev za Irsko je padla dobesedno čez noč. Ko je Azija dokončna padla v vodo, poleg nje pa v bližnji prihodnosti tudi vse poti v bolj eksotične dežele, smo imeli na izbiro “le” še EU, kjer bi prišla v primeru zdravstvenih težav v poštev tudi evropska kartica zdravstvenega zavarovanja. Ker smo dobršen del Evrope že konkretno obdelali, poleg tega pa smo iskali tudi cenovno ugoden dopust, je bila Irska kmalu na vrhu seznama. In ko smo na netu ugotovili še, da je cena povratne letalske vozovnice 60,00 EUR, cena najema vozila s ful kasko 19,00 EUR na dan, odločitev za Irsko ni bila več težka. Na začetku smo se sicer poigravali tudi z idejo, da bi Irsko obdelali v stilu naše Škotske – torej s campervanom in pravim roadtripom, a je bila cena najema le tega pregrešno draga. Po dobrih dveh tednih potepanja moram reči, da Irska definitivno ni razočarala. Prevozili smo dobrih 2000 kilometrov in s tem obkrožili celotno Irsko in Severno Irsko. Vreme je bilo Irsko, kljub njegovi muhavosti pa smo uspeli narediti tudi nekaj nepozabnih pohodov – da ne govorim o ribičiji, ki jo je zganjal najmlajši. 🙂  Zamenjali smo 15 različnih prenočišč, enkrat spali v hostlu, enkrat v B&B (ki je bil naravnost fenomenalen), večinoma pa koristili usluge Airbnb. In kljub temu, da smo v preteklosti že nekajkrat koristili Airbnb, nas je izbira prenočišč na Irskem dobesedno navdušila. Praktično vse cene prenočišč so bile cenejše od najcenejših kampov pri sosedih Hrvatih. Večina prenočišč je vsebovala zajtrk, nekatera so bila pravi presežek, pohvaliti pa moram tudi super lastnike le teh, s katerimi smo imeli res fajn večerne debate. Zelo nerad primerjam posamezne destinacije med seboj. A če bi že moral, bi Irsko zagotovo postavil najmanj ob bok bolj opevane sosednje Škotske – a mogoče se mi je Irska tako dobro zapisala tudi zato, ker sem bil enostavno lačen nove popotniške avanture. 🙂 🙂 Skratka, v naslednjih tednih napišem kaj več o posameznih koncih  Irske – danes pa le nekaj posameznih fotk s potepanja.

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The decision to go to Ireland fell literally overnight. When our trip to Asia finally fell into the water and all the routes to more exotic countries in the near future, we had the choice of “only” EU countries, where the European health insurance card would come in handy in case of health problems. As we have already traveled a good part of Europe and were also looking for affordable trip, Ireland was soon at the top of the list. And when we also found out that the price of the return flight ticket was 60,00 EUR, the price of renting a car 19.00 EUR per day, it was an easy decision to visit Ireland. After a good two weeks on the road around Ireland I must say that it definitely did not disappoint us. We have traveled more than 2,000 kilometers and surrounded all of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The weather was typical to Ireland and despite that we also managed to make some unforgettable hikes – not to mention the fishing moments of our youngest. 🙂 We changed 15 different accommodations, we slept once in a hostel, once in a B&B (which was just phenomenal), but mostly we used Airbnb. And even though we have used Airbnb several times in the past, the choice of accommodations in Ireland has impressed us. Virtually all lodging prices were cheaper than the cheapest campsites in neighbouring Croatia. Most of the accommodations had breakfast, some were a real pearl, and most of them had great owners. I am very reluctant to compare individual destinations with each other. But if I had to, I would surely put Ireland at least on the sidelines of the more well-known neighbouring Scotland – but maybe Ireland did so well because I was simply hungry for a new travel adventure. 🙂 🙂 In short, in the coming weeks I will write more about the individual corners of Ireland – but today, just a few photos from the trip.