My wife and I had been wanting to visit these countries for the Outlander Tours (wife and Viking interests. Celtic portion, 14 Days: We enjoyed our foray to Jersey and visited the castle and enjoyed local food. Many of the towns that Holland America Line chose to stop at were small and quaint. We found some had absolutely nothing to do except to walk around have a beer and a bite of local food.
Tobermory, Scotland had a great scotch distillery. They invited us to take the tour for free and were generous with bottling up some free samples of the whiskey. We walked about a mile out of town to visit a dairy and see some cheese making. No one was in sight so we walked through the barns and saw the cows and had a close up wet tongue visit with the calves.
Dublin Ireland is a very busy and bustling city. The tourist maps that are put out make the town look very walkable. It is walkable but not as much as the maps make you think.
Nice cabin roomy enough for two. It had a very nice 4X4 window with a nice ledge to store items. The window as with all windows on the ship was never clean on the outside. It had a very nice sized walk in closet with plenty of hangers, 2 robes, an umbrella and a safe. The room also had a sofa , coffee table, chair and a desk with a chair. The TV and DVD player worked just barely enough to be called a TV and DVD player. The queen bed and pillows were very comfortable. The thermostat was able to be easily adjusted to one's own comfort.
The bathroom was of a nice size but the water sometimes took a long time to get hot and sometimes only warm. There was always fresh towels and a mat in the bath.