Break is Over - Back to Reality (Kind of!)

So Robbie and I did something different for Christmas this year - we spent the majority of the day on a plane - to Ireland! Most of Robbie's extended family is in Ireland, and I had not met many of them, so during the week between Christmas and New Years one of his cousins gave us a good excuse to come visit - an Irish wedding!

So we, Robbie's mom, sister, brother-in-law, and new niece all made the long trek over the "pond" (as Robbie calls it) to the "homeland". Seven days and 7,000 miles later, we were back in the US and catching up on the multiple time zone changes. But along the way we managed to get some pretty good photos of the journey!

 On top of Greinan Fort, which dates back to the time of Christ.

Windy, but we could see for miles in every direction!

 Overlooking the Northern coast of Ireland, where the cliffs drop right into the water!

Above, a view of the Dunluce castle ruins in the distance.

Below, hanging out right below the castle ruins.

 Fences are there to discourage the honest, right? Well, we can all guess who's idea it was to hop the fence and make our way to the coastline! (Below)

One of the most well-known places in Ireland is filed with thousands of these volcanic rock formations, which might look like stones placed into a road using a man-made pattern, but are actually naturally occurring...

 Some rise and fall like pyramids or hills of steps...

 ...while others are fairly level, but go up and down the coast for a good ways.

This is the Giant's Causeway, named such because there is a similar formation in Scotland, across the water (and I guess actually goes under the water as well), and the myth is that two giants were throwing rocks at each other from across the sea.

These were some of the natural beauties of the northern coast of Ireland...next time I'll show you a little bit of the city life!