Ireland...

So, after Amsterdam we came back to Ireland and were spending the whole week here before toodling off to London... we had a list as long as my arm of things to do, so there was no time for being idle...

After spending Halloween in Culdaff and waking up a little later than planned, off we head on the Causeway coastal route! Bushmills were offering tours til 2.30pm, and we really wanted to do that, so we had lunch and hit the road! Bushmills was great, I loved the whole experience, and am SO glad we got to do the tour and the tasting. The Old Bushmills Distillery is the oldest distillery in Ireland, and was officially licensed in 1608, although it is believed that troops of King Henry II drank Bushmills some 400 years before.
I liked that we got to tour the fully functional distillery and see (and smell that sweeeeet smell) the product in the making!

As we left Bushmills the daylight was fading, and we had really wanted to see the Giants Causeway, so we hot-footed it over there to make the most of the light left in the day!

I was amazed at the Causeway!
It was completely awe inspiring to be standing at the tip of the causeway, contemplating life and thinking about all those who have stood in that same spot before you...

It was also a beautiful evening, the sky was clear and becoming pink, and the ocean stretched as far as the eye could see... I kept thinking about the legend of Finn McCool... and while I know it's not true, I love the legend that says he built the causeway as a walkway to bring his one true love safely to him from across the sea!