Belfast and in love with a road...

Its been a long couple of days...

But we made it to the UK (Technically) 

Starting early from Galway, isnt easy really to figure what step to take when you can't work out the irish transit websites to decide if its better to take the bus or train, checking times and prices, stop overs and changes, ultimately its easier to take, and get this, two trains and book separately to belfast, costs only a few euro more then buses, save money booking separately and well, its the train!.

Its funny really, the first train was lovely, met an American and a Canadian guy, got talking for the two and bit hours, few laughs, digs at our countrys, calling BS on things all the way till we reached Dublin then all went our separate ways afterwards.

The second however, welcome to the United Kingdom, filled with loud old brit ladies who cant sing, raging football fans etc etc. And everything is now in Pounds and Miles.

Belfast, i haven't really got much nice to say about it, the river way though lovely with soghts and updated waterfronts, the banks are filled with rubbish, houseroads are packed with crap, people cant drive, but, the Titanic museum is great, packed wealth of history about Belfast and of course the Titanic, the huge dockyards are their, the Last white star ship is there too and a small Battleship too. Also nearby the Game of Thrones studios.

One of the main shopping centres,  Victoria mall, is impressive mall with a roof top dome with 360 degrees veiw of belfast, able to see the new parts of the waterfront all done up and the city hall, then ground level having one of the biggest Christmas trees ive seen.

Leaving the city to The giants causeway, now i haven't heard all that much about it, ive seen a couple photos of them, but it was abit disappointing to finally get there and its a lot of hype for not a lot, sure its nice to see the few formed rocks are were there, but we found it more enjoyable on the tour getting there, seeing several places for where Game of Thones was filmed, and the coastal towns along then way, even the stop over at the rope bridge was just incredible,  to see the closest points of Ireland and Scotland in full view, and the rays of sun over the hills lighting up the cliff faces, even stopping in at the pub nesrby the Giants Causeway for a couple Birthday whiskey drinks, ive started to like having my drinks straight lately, all the Jamesons and other whiskeys, maybe its part of getting older of something.

But i think the best thing so far, as the title said, i fell in love with a road.

The A2 Causeway coastal drive.
Leaving the city to go on a adventure to the Giants causeway, this stretch of coastal heaven is a must see for all, and if you're lucky to get your days wrong adn end up with a perfect sunrise over the many hills and valleys this road has, calm waters, clear skyes and at several points, able to see Scotland mainlands from North Ireland, the only thing i could of wished for on my birthday,  was to be able to drive this road myself with sophie on a low open top car and have 'Matt Monro's on days like these' playing, and to picnic on one of the hillsides to just watch the world.

Only by experiencing this, its then easy to understand then, why this road is one of the best scenic drives, in the world.