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At last - we got to see the Giant's Causeway
... to get our bearings and then back to the town to do the tour of the Bushmills Distillery. It was an interesting tour but I have to say that I prefer the taste of Scottish single malts rather than the Irish single malt - even if it is triple distilled. There's just something about that peat flavour.
We secured our B&B for the night and then out to the Causeway. It is a world heritage site and is so amazing to see. ...
Wow - imagine being here !!!
Yesterday we drove from Dublin to Dunfanaghy which is in northern Donegal. It was a long drive but we stopped on the way at the Belleek pottery centre and saw some of the work there and some of the historic pieces on display. We also watched a video on how they make this pottery. Thanks to Laura for telling me about Belleek - I hadn't known about it before. We also stopped at a place ...
Phenomenal scenery in the Sun & I drove!!
... scallops) and yummy yummy lamb. Rich tried their salmon - not really much different and interestingly, they cannot get enough wild salmon to have on the menu!! Beautiful Italian Pinot Grigio. Dessert to share - bread pudding made with a croissant!! Taxi chap picked us up - wouldn't let us pay after trip to the Inn - he said he'd just wait for our call and come and fetch us and we could settle up then - such warmth in these folks - always laughing and teasing!
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Field trip the the North
... the South. It seemed like a really successful entity, helping the economies of both parts of Ireland. Next we went up to Giant's Causeway, a cool place on the Northern coast with very unique hexagonal shaped columns of rock that were caused by lava crystallizing at a very specific temperature. I got a lot of pics here, and there's some legend surrounding the area that you can ...
Day 9 - Northern Ireland Coast
... of stone that look so orderly. It was freezing and we were being blown away so we retreated to the car and headed on.
Our next stop was Londonderry (Derry). We arrived late at night and thought we’d try and see if they had a place available at a B&B in Bogside (the Catholic area at the heart of troubles during many of the riots). No such luck so we relied on our GPS to take us to a nearby hotel where we were happy to shower and hop into nice double ...
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