We got a free dram with the tour….I think we all had the same reaction….we just aren’t whiskey drinkers…..
We took a tour of Bushmills, the oldest licensed distillary in Ireland, whilst waiting (hoping) for the weather to clear up for our visit to the Giant’s Causway.
Steve and Aunt Mo on the trail from the visitor’s center
Perhaps this should be one of the natural wonders of the world, fossilized crystal rock formations (or something like that…it is amazingly cool).
Visitor out on the bluff…the myth is that in the time of giants, this causway made of crystal linked Scotland with Ireland, but when the (much larger) Scottish Giant came to fued with the Irish Giant, the wife dressed the Irish Giant in a baby’s outfit to scare the crud out of the Scottish Giant. It worked, but the Scottish Giant ran so fast and so hard to get away, that the rest of the causway fell into the sea…..
Playing around in this ferry tale landscape.
We all enjoyed this fantastic landscape!
Out front of our B&B in Ballycastle, nice view when the clouds lift, or even when it is overcast!
Nobody gets a bigger kick out of the sign in background than Aunt Mo. It is essentially an “Old Peoples” crossing sign. Aunt Mo proved beyond a doubt that she is not one of those people with her fabulous stamina during this adventure! She had walked probably 7 miles several days earlier!! Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to Aunt Mo early the next day…she was an absolute joy to travel with an we enjoyed Ireland and her company extremely!
Ireland’s North Coast, Giant’s Causway, Ballycastle and Whiskey – 6/27/2013
On to the very north coast of Northern Ireland….something we had been told not to miss was the Giant’s Causway, outside of Ballycastle, UK. This certainly was true. This is a phenomenal formation of crystallized rock unlike anything we have experienced anywhere in the world…the pics give you an idea of what is was like. We stayed in a lovely little town whimsically named Ballycastle at a B&B on the sea. It is a small town, and whilst having dinner at the “Wine Bar” restaurant, we discovered that our waitress was dating the son of our B&B owner….very small town, but absolutely lovely. Aunt Mo had to leave Ireland a day before we did and we sadly, and sleepily said goodbye at 5 AM the next morning, when her taxi arrived to whisk her away. What a treat to travel with my father’s sister, Maureen Sullivan, in the lovely place of our ancestors. We miss you Aunt Mo, thanks for coming along!!
Kathleen
