After we left the Giant’s Causeway and Belfast, we went to Londonderry (Derry). When we arrived in Londonderry, we went to a small house that was nice and cosy with an electric fire with images of flames on the front of it, and comfy couches.
When we left the house, we went to a bustraunt (a bus that had been converted into a restaurant) called Pyke ‘N’ Pommes, that was next to the river (Foyle).
The bustraunt
A statue next to the bustraunt
A bridge over the Foyle
There were really nice views over the river and terrific tacos to go with it. I had squid, steak and cauliflower tacos, which were all delicious!
Squid taco
Then we had a walk around the walls and saw the Peace Flame (unlit) and lots of murals. We also saw the Bloody Sunday Memorial.
The peace flame
The path leading up to the peace flame
A sign near the Bloody Sunday memorial
The Bloody Sunday Memorial
The next day, we went to a museum about the walls of Derry and why they were made.
The Walled City
A mural from when the wars were happening in Derry
The walls were built in 1613-1618. They were made to defend people who settled in Derry in the 17th century. There was lots of interesting information including a detailed timeline of the history of Derry.
Me next to a cannon on the Derry walls
Then we drove to Portstewart Strand, which is a beach over 2 miles long. We wanted to go for a nice walk over the beach, however we couldn’t as it was raining really hard!! Instead, we went and had some delicious bread and Camembert-like cheese in a restaurant called Harry’s shack nearby.
Harry’s shack
View from Harry’s shack
Afterwards, we went to Portrush, which is a town near Portstewart Strand, where we went to a nice house for the night.
Portrush sign
It was a really nice house and was very homely. We then went to a small amusement park where we played 2p machines for hours. We got lots of tickets and cashed them in for a BB-8 lamp. We also went on the wheel outside a few times and we saw some nice views over Portrush.
The amusement park
The wheel
Me on the wheel
BB-8 light
It’s really nice and looks amazing on my wall!
BB-8 in my room
BB-8 in my room (slightly better quality)
Then we went for a walk along the coast and saw dolphins! They were quite far away behind a canoe. They were really cute and looked amazing!
A view of the coast from when we were looking at dolphins.
Me on the rocks on the coastline when we were looking at dolphins.
We then went to a nice tapas restaurant for tea and had lots of lovely food including oysters and mussels.
Some really nice tapas
Sadly, we had to leave the next day to drive back to Dublin and get on the ferry to home.
When we got off the ferry, we went to a really nice fish and chip restaurant called Enochs in Wales. It was really tasty and I loved the hake that we had along with some amazing chips, fantastic frickles ( battered pickled gherkins) and mushy peas.
Fish and chips at Enochs
Some frickles at Enochs
This is the end of my lovely holiday in Ireland and I loved it all. Ireland is a place that I definitely want to go back to.
Hi Dillon.Ireland certainly looks a very interesting place to visit.This part of the holiday is just as action packed as the other two parts.I guess if you didn’t know much about all the conflicts that have gone on over the years there ,you will now after visiting the museums.Like the statue and mural.You seem to have eaten some delicious food over there.
It’s a shame the rain stopped you from having a walk on the beach.Like the lamp-I bet you love it.
Those fish and chips look delicious.
Glad you had a lovely holiday.I would love to visit Ireland someday as you’ve sold it to me with all the lovely views ,interesting places to visit and great food.
What’s not to like!!
See you soon xxxxx
The conflicts were interesting and there was lots of information in the museum. I really do like the lamp. It’s hanging in my room. I just added some pictures of it into the blog.
It does look good and great if you can hang it up like a lantern.xxx
It’s amazing!