Trip to Northern Ireland and Donegal

Diarmuid and myself celebrated our first year anniversary with a long weekend break up in Northern Ireland and Donegal. The weather was crap on the drive up but then we were really lucky and had sun the remaining days.

The first day we were up visiting The Giant's Causeway which is up on the northern coast of Northern Ireland in county Antrim. The scenary is beautiful and we were staying at the perfect B&B, Whitepark House. The owner, Bob, is a superb host and I truly recommend this place.

The day after we continued down south (after a quick visit to the Bushmills distillery where we got some nice whiskey) and visited my Brazilian friend Giselle and her Irish husband Dermot that I met when I was living in Brno, Czech Republic. After a few biscuits and coffee we decided to drive up to Glenveagh National Park where we visited the castle and the gardens.

Then we left for the north of Donegal, the Inishoven Peninsula were we stayed in a very nice farmhouse called Trean House. We got there rather late after having dinner at "The Town Clock" in the village Moville on the way up. Diarmuid and myself went for a walk down to the beach with the family's two dogs. Great fun and a really beautiful sunset.

After a good night's rest and huge breakfast we continued on to Malin Head, the most northern point in Ireland (see picture on the left). I could have stayed here for the rest of my life, the beauty of the landscape with the cliffs and amazing secluded beaches was mezmerizing. This is why I love Ireland.