Northern Ireland

(1) After hitching a ride into Belfast, I booked a ticket on the Stena Line ferry to Stranraer, Scotland. Getting a ticket was more difficult than it sounds. You see, Ireland was going on a bank holiday and Glasgow Celtic was playing at home versus Aberdeen in a Scottish Premier League soccer match. Without going into detail about the connection between this club and the Irish people... just understand that this was going to be a huge weekend in Glasgow. Every Irish man, woman, and child, it seemed, was planning to make the overseas voyage with me to Scotland to enjoy the festivities. The ride was short and easy, but I would soon enter a world of hurt. The moral of the story, as you will see, is don't mess with Glasgow when Celtic plays during an Irish bank holiday. (photo: www.ciltscotland.com)

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