On Friday morning, we (Jan, Silvia, Carole, and myself) took a taxi to the Galway airport with our bags packed and excitement inside. We then met a nice gentleman that rented us a car for the weekend! We left Galway about 10:00 and headed north. On our way we made a few stops to see the beautiful landscape that the west coast of Ireland brought us. It was the only sunny day of the weekend and we saw some beautiful countryside! We stopped at a few different cliff areas and, don't worry, I took lots of pictures! Around 7 we made it to Derry, our home for the night. We stayed at the Derry independent hostel and found it only mildly uncomfortable (my bed was quite squeaky!).
In Derry we decided to give ourselves a night tour. We saw the walls of what used to be the outer portion of Derry and protected the people in the village in the wars. It was kind of neat to walk along the walls and we got a great view of the city. We made a pit stop at a cute little Irish pub that had GREAT live music and enjoyed a beer before heading back to the Hostel for a night's sleep.
Saturday morning we woke up and headed further north to visit the Giant's Causeway. We had to stop first of all at an HMV and buy a few CD's. The Irish radio was NOT cutting it for us. Onward hoe. On our way we saw an old castle (Dunluce, I believe?) and stopped to check it out. The Giant's Cause was AMAZING! It was really windy there and we were afraid that we were going to get knocked off the edge or something, but we didn't. It was just quite chilly and a little rainy--but totally worth it! We were there for quite awhile taking in the beauty and walked up the side to see the great view from the top!
After that stop we were cold and hungry, but headed onward to our stop for the night- Belfast. We checked into our hostel and walked around the town for awhile. There was some sort of festival going on called 'Unite against Hate' at the city hall and we got to check that out too. Belfast is a pretty large city and it was neat to see. Saturday night we were all quite tired and decided to order a pizza and go to a movie. The cinema in Belfast much quite a bit cheaper than in Galway so we checked it out. We then went back to the hostel to call it a night.
Sunday morning I was awoken by construction in front of the window. I did not think that 6 am on a Sunday morning was a great time for that! After breakfast we packed up the car and headed to the Belfast castle. It was not quite as historical as other castles I have seen, but VERY beautiful! Right when we were leaving the rain began again--it was quite a rainy weekend! After the castle, we stopped at STARBUCKS! Yes, this is the first time I've had it in 2 1/2 months...it was pretty delicious! :) We decided to check out the great shopping that Belfast has to offer. It was a good day. We left Belfast at about 6 pm and arrived back in Galway around 11:30.
It was a GREAT weekend and we all had a lot of fun! Needless to say, I slept in today :) Today we have a "Bank Holiday" for halloween, so DAY OFF. Nothing too exciting planned, just some reading and hopefully some relaxing.
Now, I need to figure out what to dress up like this weekend--hmmm...
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