{"id":27362,"date":"2014-10-06T13:29:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T18:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=27362"},"modified":"2014-10-06T16:56:05","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T21:56:05","slug":"derry-part-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gottobepresenttowin.com\/?page_id=27362","title":{"rendered":"Derry Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continued from Derry Part 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nThey used to fish out here.<\/p>\n

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\nOhhh, check out the ground here.<\/p>\n

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\nThe ground is full of peat, it’s so springy!!<\/p>\n

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\nWindy out here.<\/p>\n

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\nWell, that was fun. Time to head back.<\/p>\n

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\nThe walk back is uphill, of course.<\/p>\n

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\nSweet E type in the parking lot.<\/p>\n

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\nThat is one really really really really long hood.<\/p>\n

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\nThen on the way to Giant’s Causeway, we drove by this castle ruin.<\/p>\n

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\nIt is super windy out here, even windier than earlier.<\/p>\n

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\nThere’s this dog next to the castle ruin that would run up to the fence wanting to be petted by strangers. How cute, I miss my dog.<\/p>\n

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\nArrive at Giant’s Causeway visitor center.<\/p>\n

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\nUgh, tour buses. Hopefully it’s not too crowded.<\/p>\n

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\nNo line at the ticket counter.<\/p>\n

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\nGift shop, with tons of irrelevant items for sale.<\/p>\n

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\nEven longer walk than the rope bridge to get to the site.<\/p>\n

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\nLove all the colors.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s windy out here.<\/p>\n

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\nThe basalt formations of Giant’s Causeway.<\/p>\n

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\nIt’s even up in the middle of the cliffs.<\/p>\n

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\nGiant waves today.<\/p>\n

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\nBig crashing waves.<\/p>\n

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\nTime to head back, and it’s all uphill.<\/p>\n

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\nBack at the visitor’s center, where I am now the giant. Think they picked this paving pattern on purpose?<\/p>\n

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\nAfter Giant’s Causeway, we arrived at Old Bushmill’s Distillery.<\/p>\n

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\nUnfortunately, it was not meant to be. We had missed the last tour of the day by 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

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\nI guess we’ll just keep driving until we make it to Derry then.<\/p>\n

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\nStarting to get hungry again. Good thing I bought two chocolate croissants this morning, one for breakfast and one for afternoon snack.<\/p>\n

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\nHah, mini Mini.<\/p>\n

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\nMade it to Derry. This is the area with all the murals. This is where the Bloody Sunday incident happened. You may know it from the U2 song, Sunday Bloody Sunday.<\/p>\n

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\nMade it to our B&B, a block away from the site of Bloody Sunday. JB’s B&B is conveniently just 2 houses down from ours. We rang the intercom and the proprietor was about five minutes away.<\/p>\n

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\nBreakfast area.<\/p>\n

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\nThis is what you get for $99 a night including breakfast in Derry. Not too bad.<\/p>\n

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\nThe shower is electric. Not just the heater, but the water volume control is also electric. First you pull the cord outside the shower to turn the unit on, then you rotate the outer dial to control the flow of water, then the inner dial to control the temperature. Seriously, why make it so complicated?<\/p>\n

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\nHungry, time for dinner. It’s Sunday, so most places are closed.<\/p>\n

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\nDidn’t know they were big on Halloween here.<\/p>\n

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\nRecommended by our B&B.<\/p>\n

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\nFree water!!<\/p>\n

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\nCan’t say the recommendation was great. The food was average and the service was below average. I guess at least now we are fed.<\/p>\n

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\nOn the way back to our B&B, we walked by this bar and heard music streaming out. A guy on his accordion kicking ass playing traditional Irish music. There’s also a guitar play accompanying him. His fingers were flying on his small accordion, it was so awesome.<\/p>\n

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\nSmiticks is how you call it.<\/p>\n

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\nOK, one beer is enough. Been a long day, time to leave the bar with the live music.<\/p>\n

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\nSleep will be so great tonight!!! Drove all day through narrow roads on the wrong side of the road, mentally and physically exhausted. But wow, Ireland is beautiful. So so so green!!!<\/p>\n

To be continued at Donegal Part 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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