Tag: northern ireland
Photos: Castle Ward (Winterfell)
6 September ’15
On Sunday we drove down to County Down to find Castle Ward, one of the filming locations from Game of Thrones. There is a 40£ tour that runs from Belfast, but that’s about $60 so we decided to find it ourselves. It was slightly awkward as Google maps took us to the back entrance along several miles of literal one-lane road, and when we arrived there was some kind of family day for DHL employees... read more.
Photos: Giant’s Causeway
5 September ’15
After the drive up the Coastal Route, we arrived at the Giant’s Causeway. Being yet another big tourist attraction they had a nice visitor’s center at the entrance and a road with busses down to the Causeway itself. The legend says that an Irish giant Finn MacCool built the causeway to reach Scotland when challenged to a fight by the Scottish giant Benandonner. When he reaches Scotland, Finn realizes Benandonner is much larger than him... read more.
Photos: Causeway Coastal Route
5 September ’15
Photo taken at: Ballycastle Sea Front Belfast had the best internet speeds of anywhere we stayed, so we spent most of our time there catching up on work, keeping our tourism to the weekend. On Saturday we drove north along the Causeway Coastal Route to the Giant’s Causeway, stopping a few times along the way to photograph the view. We stopped at the Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge, but decided to skip it because it was around... read more.
Instagram: I might have too much cash???
3 September ’15
On Wednesday of week 4 we crossed the island again from Donegal to Belfast. Northern Ireland is part of the UK and uses Pounds so we had to pick up a third currency.
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