Well today is really the 16th as I write this, but yesterday was another one of those long tour days we booked, we might learn, but I’m not sure. So I will start with yesterday. Our tour started early,,,,,,,,,,,,, again we boarded from the elevators instead of the stairs, but this time I figured the code, we went on our oun to fix the bus, much easier. We booked the tour to the Giants Causeway, with a few stops in between. We drove through the Antrim Coast, it is one of north Ireland’s most beautiful scenic coast line routes, with breathtaking landscapes the Carrick-a-Rede Bridge. This drive was absolutely beautiful and viewing the bridge from afar was as close as I would want to get. People used to use it in days gone by to get from the mainland to the tiny island of Carrickarede. It spans 66 ft and is 98 ft above the rocks below. The bridge is open all year round subject to weather and people may cross it for free.
There were many beautiful vistas on this drive,
The Giants Causeway was the next stop, and that was impressive, and would have been more so had we been of the age to climb around the stones, youngwe are not. But I’m glad we saw it.
Next stop was lunch, and it was a very good one, except they served Kiew twice, who would have expected kiew, in Northern Ireland. LOL, but they were very accommodating and brought me replacements both times. Ed enjoyed the pablova.
Then it was on to the Dunluce Castle for a photo shoot. The Dunluce Castle is now-ruined. It was built in 1200 by the second Eral of Ulster, Richard de Burgh on the site of an earlier fort dating back to the Vickings.
All and all it was a good, but long, our bus driver was once again very good, but our guide left something to be desired, she was very manatone and not very enthusiastic, and they could have skipped the drive by of the museum of the Game Of Thorns and the Titanic at the end.
We got back in time to have a light dinner of Mussels.
Today we are in Greenock, and we are staying on the ship, I will do a post later as we have some interesting things to see.
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