day 1: we arrived in belfast and checked into our b&b at about 12pm. went to town, and caught the city tour bus. didnt take much pics as the bus was moving too fast. saw murals, belfast parliment, city hall, some weird art pieces along the road and other things that i cant remember their names.
day 2: went on a tour to carrick-a-rede rope bridge (which means 'the rock in the road'. the road is the sea route for salmons on their westward journey past carrick island. the bridge is 30 metres above the sea i think) and to giant's causeway (it's actually hexagonal rocks formed from the cooling of lava. but according to myth, its a ruined castle built by a giant called Finn MacCool for his lady friend). to get there, we went on a coastal road, which was beautiful despite it being a foggy day-so we couldnt see the west of scotland(its only 13 miles away). luckily it cleared up by the time we got to carrick-a-rede.
day 3: went to queens university belfast, botanic gardens(where ma spent so much time taking pics of roses), belfast castle and st anne's cathedral.
all in all, i think ma has done enough walking to last her 2 weeks ;-)
