We spent day 5 doing a LOTS of driving. Traveling from the town of Shannon all the way to Cushendun up in Northern Ireland. Our first big stop was the Cliffs of Moher. So majestic and awesome. The photos don't begin to capture how grand it was. But i tried...
Next we traveled into Northern Ireland. It was in total about 6-7 hours of driving including stops. We passed the border into the UK and realized that it's very different than the south. Even though it's still ireland the atmosphere was different. We had also finally gotten used to using the Euro, and had to readjust to learn the use of Sterling (pounds)...confusing! Anyway we drove for what seemed like forever but the scenery was absoloutly stunning. The Irish countryside was endless and we ended up on a lot of back roads as that's all that's all thats available in some parts. There are lots of sheep but also lots of cows. Instead of wooden fences most fields are seperate by stone walls. Pretty impressive to see.
At one point we passed a few peole training their hounds and stopped to take a picture like a typical tourist would do and the Irish gentlemen came to the car and started chatting. 30 minutes later we continued on our way. He talked politics, local sights, presidental history...he, like 99% of the irish, and VERY friendly, always chatty, talk WAY too fast, and very helpful.
We ended up at the far northeast coast of ireland in a town called Cushendun.(not to be mistaken for Cushendall) and the last 6 miles of the trip was on a "street" that was literally a glorified bike path by American standards... it was very curvy and we stopped at least twice for sheep in the road and had to pull over to the grass or back up a ways just to be able to let oncoming traffic pass. It was really exciting to say the least.
We arrived at 9 pm at our B&B and got settled. It was seriously the nicest one we've ever seen
Sweet hostess. Lovely rooms. Beautiful clean home with antique decor. Very nice. :D
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