This would be our 4th and final visit to the wonderful location of Bushmills in Northern Ireland. Always seems strange that it's not the Republic of Ireland, but part of Great Britain. We have to inform the rental car company each time we intend to go 'out of the country'. The road speeds change from kilometers to miles-per-hour, British flags fly and euros are no longer accepted. There are no Garda, but Police. The border between the two countries is considered 'soft' and Great Britain is trying to change that but Northern Ireland does not want a hard border. So it's easy to come and go between the two right now. Since we've been here before and blogged about it I've keep my dialog short. As always a great place to visit and bring along friends. Be sure to check out the pictures, they are new 😉
At the Bushmill Distillery we saw how whiskey was made and sampled a wee bit of it (yummy) mixed with various fruit juices. My new favorite is whiskey and ginger-ale.
We revisited Dunluce Castle, as well as Giants Causeway. Dunluce is by far my most favorite castle ruins. Last time here (in March with my sister Pat) I got a fabulous shot of a rainbow, but there was not a chance of that on this day since the sun shone bright and clear.
Giants Causeway was the most crowded I have ever seen it. Solid tourists (yuck). So rather than hang out with a few hundred of our closest friends, we hiked the mountains and got some spectacular shots of the coastline.
In the evening we hiked back up another mountain and watched the sunset.
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| Joe's shot |
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| Causeway Hotel with a full moon |
Lovely, as always.
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