Trim Castle, Belfast and Portrush

A tower next to Trim Castle.  It's in Ireland but used to film the Scottish warring in the Brave-heart Movie.

Really great tour of the inside of the castle.

You get to walk around the top.

The Entrance

Trim Castle to the left.  See the railing around the top?   We were up there.

This last weekend we drove to Belfast, this is the Titanic museum.  Great place, really enjoyed it.

After Belfast we went to the village of Bushmills to the west and toured the distillery.  No photos allowed, worried about spark and volatiles causing a fire.    

The next day we went to Giant's causeway.  It was Sunday they were doing special celebration for Saint Patrick's Day, Ella and Hanna got their faces painted.

The causeway is known for its pentagon rock formations that are lava that cooled and cracked in a large pool.  Here they are eroded by the sea. 

 http://srsddn.hubpages.com/hub/Columnar-Basalts-of-the-World 

Stopped back in Belfast on the way home to eat and walk around the city center.

Of course there was the north coast and a surf at Portrush.  That's me in the water.  The Hotel operator owned a surf shop.  He snapped a few pics of me for his facebook page.  They were stoked about a New Mexican in line up.  I was stoked to be in the line up.