Saturday, May 18 – No time to waste sleeping in on our first full day in Ireland with our kids. We were up at the crack of dawn. We took a taxi down to the meeting point for our tour of Northern Ireland with Wild Rover Tours. Starting out at 7am on the bus, we headed north from Dublin on our way to Belfast. Two hours later we arrived and got off the bus for our Black Taxi Tour. Our driver was an actual ex-IRA member who had been involved in the “Troubles”. The 2 hours we spent with him were very emotional and moving as we heard from his perspective the conflict between the two groups. We then re-boarded the bus and head further north to Dunluce Castle..unfortunately the fog and rain prevented a photo stop. Dunluce Castle was used in the HBO Series Game of Thrones. We continued down the coast a little bit and we arrived at the Giants Causeway. The rain and fog lifted just in time for us to explore the World UNESCO Heritage site. We then re-boarded the bus and again drove down the coast a bit to the Carrick-a-Rede Cliff and Rope Bridge walk. We then re-boarded the bus and drove along the coast line to the village of Ballintoy. Ballintoy harbour was also used in the Game of Thrones, but unfortunately our tour did not stop here, instead we turned south and headed back to Dublin. We were serenaded by our tour guide with live Irish music on the way back. We arrived back in Dublin about 8:30pm…a great day all around.
Dublin Sunrise 
Belfast – Black Taxi Tour 
Belfast – Peace Wall Art 
Belfast – Peace Wall Art 
Belfast – Bobby Sands MP Memorial 
William of Orange 
Belfast – Titanic Museum 
Giants Causeway 
Giants Causeway 
Flowers in the Irish Mist 
Giants Causeway 
Carrick-a-Rede Cliff Walk 
Carrick-a-Rede Flowers 
Carrick-a-Rede Bridge 
Family Photo 
Carrick-A-Rede Bridge – Made it across 
Canadiangirl_abroad and I 
Just me 
Dad! Dont stop! 
Dublin -Millennium Spire
