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Giants Causeway

On our way from Ballyshannon to Belfast we took a big detour so we could go see Giants Causeway. We had seen this kind of columnar geology before in Iceland, but it wasn’t as accessible and right along the sea like this. We didn’t have a lot of time to explore, but we made the most of what we had. It was a very cool place to visit.

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Cranes & Concrete. Belfast.

Construction site in Belfast with four tower cranes and tall concrete columns rising from a partially built structure behind a hoarding wall.
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Antique car outside of Titanic Museum in Belfast.

Vintage black Bentley racing car number 12 parked on cobblestones outside the Titanic Belfast museum
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I’ve been taking two daily supplements on our Ireland trip:

Vitamin G and Vitamin I.

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Ireland 2024 Log - Day 11

Weather: Reasonably pleasant. A little less windy. Cool temperatures.

  • Relaxed morning recharging. Tammy and Mazie go for run. Jamie tends to photos and blog. Tyler sleeps in.
  • Drive to Donegal.
  • Brunch at The Old Stone.
  • Shopping and exploring around The Donegal Diamond including Elvery Sports and Magee of Donegal.
  • Drove to Rossnowlagh Beach.
  • After two failed attempts to have Tyler and Mazie do a surf class, serendipity struck and we were able to get them learning to surf!
  • Pick up breakfast items for tomorrow at the Bakery Shack.
  • Drive to Cria Lodge so kids could get warm and dry.
  • Drive back to Donegal for dinner at La Bella Donna.
  • Drive back to Cria Lodge and walk a kilometer down the road (precisely the middle of nowhere) for a pint at Whoriskey’s Pub.
  • Walk back to Cria Lodge to get packed and ready for early morning departure tomorrow. Alarm set to 6:30 AM.

Jump to day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 or see Ireland 2024 Collection.

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Irish cows.

A tan cow and her calf standing in a lush green Irish meadow with trees and an electricity pole in the background.
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Today’s Guinness enjoyed at Whoriskey’s Pub outside of Ballyshannon.

Small white-rendered pub with black trim and a Heineken sign, a person in a black jacket standing at the open door, benches outside on a brick patio. Pint of Guinness stout in a branded glass on a Birra Moretti coaster, inside a dim Irish pub with wooden furniture.
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Tyler and Mazie had a blast at their first surfing experience! Thank you Rossnowlagh Surf School! 🌊🏄‍♀️🏄‍♂️

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Having a cappuccino on the beach from Sunny Jim’s while the kids learn to surf. 55 °F with 15 mph winds.

Man in a green cap and dark jacket sipping a drink outside Sunny Jims beach food trailer on a sandy beach under cloudy skies.
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Tyler and Mazie wanted to try surfing in Ireland and there are a number of places that do surf lessons but we weren’t having luck with any of them. Then we found Rossnowlagh Surf School on the beach and they were happy to have them join. 55 °F with 15 mph winds.

Two young surfers in black wetsuits stand on a sandy beach holding a light blue surfboard in front of the Rossnowlagh Surf School van. Two surf students practice pop-up stance on longboards on a sandy beach while two instructors in Ride With Us wetsuits observe. Four people in wetsuits walking toward the ocean on a wide sandy beach, two carrying surfboards, with coastal cliffs in the distance. Four people in wetsuits standing in breaking ocean waves on an overcast beach day.