Northern Ireland

Monday was a holiday here in the UK, so for Monday and Tuesday (my day off), I planned a quick trip to Northern Ireland to see some friends.  Av spoiled me and also took Tuesday as her day off so she could play tour guide for me.  It was FANTASTIC.  What a gorgeous country!  Northern Ireland became my 31st country, and wow, what a beauty.

Here a few pictures to share the scenery:

where the Titanic was built!

The White Star line and the Cranes which built the Titanic, named Sampson and Goliath

Carrick a Rede, along the North Coast 

Giant's Causeway 

Giant's Causeway

Dunluce Castle 

We grabbed dinner from a "chippy" and ate our fish and chips by the sea

It was a really great two days off.  The weather was great and the company even better!  I have wanted to see Giant's Causeway for a few years now and it was a real treat.  We had a beautiful day.  Avril said she's never been to the causeway on a sunny day, it's always rained for her.  We could see the islands off the coast and we could also even see Scotland off in the distance.  And in a true testimony of friendship, Avril got up at 4:15 to drive me to the airport for my 6 a.m. flight back to London for a full working day on Wednesday!  What a girl! :-)

We stopped numerous times to take pictures and stare in awe at the beauty around us.  I've been blessed to see a lot of the world, even though this is much more I long to see, but this was incredible.  It isn't that I would say it's the "most" beautiful place I've been.  It just continues to amaze me to see all of the different beauties God has made!  They can't be compared but wow...what a pleasure to see.


The heavens declare the glory of God; 
   the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 
 Day after day they pour forth speech; 
   night after night they reveal knowledge. 
 They have no speech, they use no words; 
   no sound is heard from them. 
 Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, 
   their words to the ends of the world. 
Psalm 19:1-4