Causeway Tavern Bed & Breakfast Bushmills

... of photos on the thousands of hexagonal columns and it was so clear that we could see scotland. we had a picnic lunch there before going to carrick-a-rede rope bridge. we were really lucky with the weather cause they close it if its too windy or wet. it was a really beautiful walk to the bridge and we could see more of scotland from the island. the bridge wasn't as scary as i thought it would be! then we drove back to derry, through some really pretty countryside, to get ready for halloween

... over to roaming. We arrived in Belfast the morning, and I had Bob Dylan blasting Vision's of Johanna as we rolled across the border.

Belfast is one of the strangest, and uncomfortable places that I've ever been to. A huge wall--the "peace line"--divides the residential areas of the city in half, with Irish Catholics living on one side and English Protestants on the other. This is where all the IRA violence (the Troubles) took place, and if you've ever had an "Irish Car ...

... they were talking about, but we needed to be on the bus we had just go off because there was no other bus. So we had to wait an hour to get on the bus we had already been on. Switched buses again and finally at 5 we arrived in Bushmills. That night we didn't do much, but go out to eat and explore the town a little bit. Then the next day we got up and went to Bushmills in the morning and then walked to Giants Causeway ...

An interesting castle ruin. The main castle is on a rock. Part of the old kitchen fell into the sea. They built another block of buildings on the main land.

Afterwards, I climbed down to the base and saw the natural cave underneath the castle.

salut tous le monde
on est maintenant rendu en irlande du nord . fini les euro c'est maintenant des livres sterling .on ne savais pas si on allais venir en irlande du nord mais apres une journee ici on peut dire que si on etais pas venus on serais passer a ...

... light refreshments, mostly during rain, the sun came out in time for the picture taking. At about 3 we all headed off for the reception/party which was held at Kilcranny House. Some of you may know this was originally started by the Peace People in the late 70's and is now a non-profit farm for residential groups and for peace and reconciliation work. Carole is on the board and it is a BVS project site-small world, huh? There was a large marquis with ...

... very unpopulated and not many roads lead down to the water so we started going down each road. We found it! And the harbor was wee! We arranged to return at 6:00pm and we preordered our meal. The owner is in her 70's and has been running the restaurant for 30+ years. The place is called Rourke's Kitchen. We parked the car at the B&B and walked to the Giant's Causeway. What a view! A bit scary. In true Irish form, there were ...

... and rivers and fields were breathtaking. Some of the highlights included a stop at a 14th Century castle, a visit to Winston Churchill's summer home and a stop at the closest place in Northern Ireland to Scotland (12 miles away). And when the fog cleared (every ten minutes or so) you could see the country. At the last stop we got to see two things which I found to be outstanding; Royal Ports Rush golf course, which is annually ranked as one of ...

... rocks wedged up against one another. But, as I said, it was free. There next bus into town wasn't for three hours, so I asked a teenage boy to give me a lift. I love the friendliness and safeness of Ireland. Back at the hostel, I met a cool fellow from Switzerland named Christian. He and I taught each other about our country's different political structures and just chatted about everything and nothing. Later, another Swiss named Larissa joined us ...

... home. The Swiss Army rides again!....however he did drunkedly stare at me the entire ride home. Which by the way.... we figured Adrian could fly home to Canada in less time it took for me to get from Belfast. Guy was unerving, but harmless. Well this has been incredibly long. Will be seeing Gerbil from the SARFC when he gets back from honeymoon and visits Cork, will be fun(Fran: Gus will be there too!) Miss you all and send me an email or two Blackie