Belfast, Notrhern Ireland – Aug 6

Partly cloudy and 16 degrees.




rock formation dubbed 'the organ'

Dunluce castle ruin

We don’t dock in Belfast until noon today, so we are able to spend a relaxing morning. Once out tour begins we drive a while inland where we make a short stop for at Dunluce Castle mostly for a photo stop. It’s quite a sight perched on a craggy cliff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. 

The main attraction on this tour is visiting the Giants' Causeway. It is a drive through the Irish countryside stopping a couple of times for a stretch and a photo before arriving at the Giant’s Causeway. The causeway was formed between 50 and 60 million years ago by a volcano, the causeway takes its name from the legends of the giant Finn McCool. The causeway is a series of hexagonal rock columns.



Irish landscape

Irish landscape with cows



moody landscape

Giant's Causeway hexagonal rock formations and a joke apparently

Next we visit a castle ruin, see many, many cows and sheep before returning to Belfast. The weather holds up somewhat with only a couple of rain drops until we re-board the bus when the skys open and there are spots of torrential downpours.