Northern Ireland.
After a whirlwind journey through the Republic of Ireland and Scotland, I arrived early Saturday morning at Belfast International Airport where my friend Dave Shepherd picked me up and played host for the weekend along with his lovely wife Hilda and baby Anna. It was a super weekend to enjoy the idyllic life in Ireland. Dave took me on a tour of the city and explained all the historical signficance of the grafitti, and how it related to the political unrest in the city. We even soaked up a football match between Arsenal and Manchester United at the local pub, where I enjoyed a fresh pint of Guinness. it was wonderful.
Sunday, we headed up north to the Giant's Causeway, one of the more impressive sights of Ireland, and soaked in the great weather and seaside views. Here's a snippet of the afternoon...
The rolling green pastures of northern Ireland
Where the fields end and the cliff begins.
Oh! the view!
Self Portrait in Ireland.
On Monday morning i flew back to Amsterdam for one more night, and then I flew back to Vancouver early Tuesday morning. Phew. Six weeks later, I got home and was just amazed at the things i saw in India and in Europe. Probably could not find two more distinctive places in the world. Places that i would love to go back and visit...in order of preference: Paris, London, and more of Scotland,
places that I missed but need to get to soon: Northern India, and Wales.
So yea.. thats the end of the travelogue. Hopefully more to come but I'm probably not going anywhere significant for a long time. Gotta finish my degree and start working...! woohoo.
Sunday, we headed up north to the Giant's Causeway, one of the more impressive sights of Ireland, and soaked in the great weather and seaside views. Here's a snippet of the afternoon...
The rolling green pastures of northern Ireland
Where the fields end and the cliff begins.
Oh! the view!
Self Portrait in Ireland.
On Monday morning i flew back to Amsterdam for one more night, and then I flew back to Vancouver early Tuesday morning. Phew. Six weeks later, I got home and was just amazed at the things i saw in India and in Europe. Probably could not find two more distinctive places in the world. Places that i would love to go back and visit...in order of preference: Paris, London, and more of Scotland,
places that I missed but need to get to soon: Northern India, and Wales.
So yea.. thats the end of the travelogue. Hopefully more to come but I'm probably not going anywhere significant for a long time. Gotta finish my degree and start working...! woohoo.
posted by Cheryl & Darrell | 3:46 PM
2 Comments:
I've throughly enjoyed the pictures and blogging. Vicarious living is grand.
Justin
darrell....hey, you're on my stomping grounds in northern ireland...i spent a summer studying there, remember? i'm glad you got to check out the wonders of northern ireland. on a geographical note, in case you didn't know, but i'm sure you do, giant's causeway is made of columnar basalt (igneous or volcanic rock). I was in geologists heaven when i went to the causeway!
Katherine
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