Giant's Causeway Bushmills

On the Wednesday we set off to enjoy the best of what Northern Ireland has to offer and what they are truly renowned for, the magical white cliffs!
We took our time in the car but the trip was a truly memorable experience. Our first true taste was by getting off the beaten track and heading out to a little spot called Torr Head, just 12 miles …

Our day began with a guided tour of the sights of Belfast with a local guide. We toured the area by bus and our guide pointed out many famous historic buildings.

Then we were taken into the area of the Shankill and Falls Road, which is an area where one street (peace line) divides the Protestants (loyalists and unionists) of the Shankill …

Hi, everyone, from Ireland,
Now that we finally have wifi here's what we've been up to so far. During a week in Scotland (Glasgow and Troon) with friends and family, we revisited Culzean Castle and the new Robbie Burns Centre. Both were busier than ever but pleasant to see again.

We flew to Dublin on May 2, picked up our rental car ( …

We drove from Galway to Belfast on Sunday. The change in the land is so crazy from one side to the other...rocks, stone hedges and thick grass on the south west, shrub hedges on the north west- think of the scenery for when you are driving to Kananaskis (minus the mountains!). We kind of relaxed a bit at our hostel - Laggan's backpackers (we LOvED …

Sunday 18^th March

To be continued…

We got the bus easily but after an hour it broke down so we had to wait there for an hour for another one to come along. Not so great. We finally got to Belfast at 7pm and headed to the hostel getting groceries on the way (we decided to put chillies in it for Mic and so went to …

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Thursday morning we woke up early and drove northward. In a few hours, we were in Northern Ireland, and in about three hours we were all the way up on the northern coat at the Giant's Causeway. The Giant's Causeway is a natural rock formation that extends into the Atlantic Ocean. Depending on which story you want to believe, it was either formed by …

I knew waking up today was going to be the best day ever on this trip. We were planning on going to visit the famous Giant's Causeway and also cross the scary bridge right near it. We learned that we had a slight change of plans for the best. Our friend Jamie (Basil's assistant) who has a radio show, invited us to be on his radio show that would be …

... little picturesque towns all boasting their own unique Irish character, we came to the northern coast, and to the Giant's Causeway. The Giant’s Causeway in no small terms is the most thrillingly and amazing natural phenomenon we have seen on this ...

... considering it because we thought the Causeway was significantly larger than it really was.  I'm glad we didn't. The Giant's Causeway is an interesting geological formation that has thousands of naturally occuring hexagonal columns.  I think ...

... biggest tourist attractions. Of course, we stopped on the way for some more castle ruins too. Anyways, we ended up at the Giant's Causeway which has all types of cool rock formations. It's also quite a hike to get to them. The most famous ...

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Very scenic drive via Giant's Causeway ...

... arrived in town around 2pm, and immediately Siobhan, the wonderfully gracious hostess at the hostel insisted on driving me up to the Giant's Causeway because there were no buses going. She even lent me a sweater because I was quite ill-prepared for the ...

... Giants Causeway and had a bite of lunch in the van, some oxtail soup from Tesco's at a lookout with spectacular views. Giant's Causeway was impressive alright but it poured and poured so the experience was somewhat dampened. Dad's aran jumper weighed a ...

... island that people were crossing. ), Ballentoy, and then Whitepark (beautiful sandy beach and bay). We finally pulled into the Giant’s Causeway visitor’s center about 2:15 for a 2 ½ hour visit. Many of us grumbled about it being so long of ...

... picked up a few gifts and had an enjoyable time. We left there and headed back to the bus to depart for the Giant's Causeway.  I probably should describe the weather by now.  While in Belfast it was probably 13 degrees Celsius with a slight ...

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