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A Day of Information and Reflection
Belfast What a day. We began our day at Kate's B&B sharing breakfast with an American couple. They were headed for Bushmill’s distillery to do the tour. They had no idea that the Giant’s Causeway even existed. They thought they could drive the coastal route to Bushmills, and then south again to Shannon Airport to arrive for an evening meeting. I suggested that they should see the Giant’s Causeway – and wished them luck.
We headed ...
Nifty Newgrange
... old, older even than the pyramids or Stonehenge.
A passage tomb is a man-made hill/mound where they have built or dug a passageway into the interior and use the inner bits to bury their dead. The interesting parts are that they are lined up with astronomical events. Newgrange lines up with the winter solstice, Dowth lines up with the summer solstice, and Knowth lines up ...
Ethereal Ireland
... tomb, which you are allowed to enter with a guide. Our guide explained that the passages are aligned to coincide with the sun rise or set around the solecist, and there was actually a space above the passage to allow the light into the tomb to illuminate the alcoves on these days. A very cool feat of prehistoric engineering. We both really enjoyed the site and would highly recommend it to anyone! Tonight we drive to ...
Charming, medieval Carlingford
... a nap too. She stirred a bit at 9.30am but I didn’t get her up as half an hour isn’t really long enough. She went back to sleep and was still asleep at 10.00am when I woke up and decided we should get up.
Matt got up and into the shower, while I got Emma up and gave her some morning tea, a change and got her dressed. Then I put her on the floor to play while I finished getting ...
Down to Dundalk and in to Ireland
... 4.00pm and Matt gave her some afternoon tea.
After Emma was finished I started writing the blog. Emma played on the floor and we watched the Olympics for a bit – the gymnastics was on which I enjoy. Emma got a bit whiny after a while so Matt played with her on the floor for a while.
A bit after 6.00pm, I ordered some room service for dinner while Matt fed Emma her dinner. Matt put on the ...
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