This is the third of seven posts on the Selfish’s customized Game of Thrones tour. Check out the other posts here:

• The Selfish’s Very Own Game of Thrones Tour
• Day 1 in N. Ireland: The Haunted Forest, Winterfell, and the Twins
• Day 2 in N. Ireland: The Iron Islands, King’s Road, and the Red Woman
• Day 3 in N. Ireland: Dragonstone and Renly’s Camp
• Day 4 in Croatia: Crashing a Braavos Set and the Masters
• Day 5 in Croatia: Walking in Khaleesi’s footsteps in Meereen
• Day 6 in Croatia: From King’s Landing to Qarth to the House of the Undying

During Day 1 of our Game of Thrones Tour, Mrs. Selfish and I drove from Dublin to Belfast, which was a bit too fast if I’m honest.

Availability to Ireland was tight, so I ended up booking us on 2 Red-eyes to Dublin – TWO! I didn’t even think that was possible, but it is if you do one red-eye to Charlotte North Carolina, crash in a Hyatt Place for 6 hours, then jump on another red-eye to Dublin.

So yeah, kind of brutal. Fortunately, by Day 2 of our unofficial Game of Thrones tour, the jetlag was starting to wear off. Partially thanks to an excellent sleep at the Hilton Belfast, star hotel of Season 1 of “The Fall.”

Yes! A cameo show location WITHIN another show location tour. Wha??

Ok, ok. So no one watches The Fall. But you should – it is an excellent show about a cop (Gillian Anderson) hunting down a serial murderer in Belfast. Plus, said serial killer is played by the dude that’s slated to be Christian Grey in the upcoming 50 Shades of Grey adaptation (squeal!). But again, I digress…

Day 2 saw us jumping back in the car and tackling Northern Ireland’s North Eastern coast. Despite Northern Ireland’s notoriously shitty weather, it is absolutely gorgeous.

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