Northern Ireland

Yesterday we got a rental car and headed north out of Dublin. Our first stop was Newgrange, a famous passage tomb built roughly 5,000 years ago (on the World Heritage List). We then continued on to Monasterboice. It was kind of cool seeing these old things, nothing like the USA. We then continued on to Belfast, in Northern Ireland, not a particulairily happy place at all! We took a tour of the city and then had dinner with Conor, a friend of the family from Ireland that works as a guide here.

Today we headed out of Belfast and hit a castle on the way out of town and then on to Carrick-A-Rede, an old rope bridge out on a point into the ocean, a lot of great views and pictures here. After the rope bridge we went to another World Heritage listing, the Giant's Causeway. Here the rocks have formed into hexagonal shapes. The whole day we were driving on one of the most scenic roads I have ever been on, don't worry I have lots of pictures, but still unable to upload at this time. Tonight we arrived in Londonderry, over on the Northwest side of Ireland.

Tomorrow will be another full day of travelling and site seeing along the way, we are pretty much doing a loop around the entire country and seeing all the hot spots along the way.

Until next time!
~Andy