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(Click the picture to get full size version) After more than a year, Sandra finally could enjoy her birthday present. Due to the foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland we were not able to go any sooner. We first thought of going to Southern Ireland, but the air ticket to Northern Ireland (also known as Ulster) with Easy Jet was so much cheaper that we decided to go to Belfast. We biked almost 400 km in 6 days. The weather was great considering we were in Ireland. We only had one day of just rain. On the other days we stayed mostly dry and we even saw the sun during parts of the day. We will definitely go back to this beautiful 'green' country. |
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 Here we go again |
 We could leave the boxes at the airport |
 And now we can go biking! |
 Our first B&B |
 Where shall we go? |
 Nice bathroom, eh?! |
 Street to Drumcree Hill |
Just a little bit of history: The Orange Order is a Protestant religious organisation in different parts of the world. For one day each July since 1807, local Orangeman in Portadown have paraded to and from a religious service at the little parish church on Drumcree Hill. |
 Drumcree Parish Church |
 Time for a short break |
 Lunch break in Moy |
 Our B&B in Cookstown with Derek |
 There are the mountains again |
 Wow, it is quiet here |
 We almost made it to the top |
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 B&B in Londonderry |
 Inside of the house |
 This is our own cottage |
 Biking along the river |
 Luckily there are some ' bike' lanes |
 Ireland hilly?! |
 Oooh, it is fun to go downhill |
It
was supposed to be a short bike ride from Londonderry to Coleraine, until
Sandra found a really nice bike route: the best in Northern Ireland. That
it involved three more hours of biking and lots of climbing, did not seem
to bother her. The scenery was great, but three more hours of biking
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 Wow, great view from here |
 Is that Colerain yet? |
 Where do we have to walk?! |
 We made it to another B&B |
 Portrush |
 More coastline |
 And more |
 Biking along the Causeway Coast |
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 Close to the Giant's Causeway |
 Finally, the Giant's Causeway |
 Where is Jim? Oh there he is. |
 Sandra on the Rocks |
 After so much biking we needed some luxury |
 Is it not wonderful?! |
 The university quarter of Belfast |
 The botanic gardens in Belfast |
 Our last B&B in Antrim |