Cushendun!

For those who have been waiting for a post, sorry for the delay! No internet during our week on the north coast ...I have been prepping posts and organizing photos though and will gradually catch up over the next few days now that we have moved to a B&B in my mom's village of Aughnacloy.  (FYI, our week in Cushendun was PHENOMENAL. Read on for more.)

We begin with a photo of Cassidy at dinner on our first night in Dublin…the cousins spent 1.5 hours in the pool and between that, excitement and jetlag, Cassidy was DONE.


Cassiday at dinner, first night.

The hotel was perfectly located and had a great pool and public areas but the bedrooms are very tired – we are happy that we won’t need to stay more than the one night here.

Then it was off on the 3 hour trip north…through a bit of the south, across the border into Northern Ireland, through the outskirts of Belfast and then through the northern counties on the way to the north coast. We had 2 cars (did I mention that we scored a BMW for our ride? Nice!)…Kim drives one, dad and I share the driving of the BMW…we brought dad’s GPS unit and we are loving it…we keep saying…how does she KNOW that??? Very cool. We stopped for groceries at a main shopping centre recommended by the owner of the coast home we are renting for the week, and by the time we did that and had lunch, we pulled into the tiny village of Cushendun around 4:30.

We LOVE it here. The village is a collection of about 10 main buildings…famous for some turn of the century cottages built by a famous architect – true irish history and gorgeous. At the foot of one of the famous glens of Antrim, our home is in the Bay apartments on one side of the river and the village on the other – and we face the sea! The following are some pics of the village, beach and apartments…



Miriam, the friendly goat - lives next door.



The village path, bordering the beach.



Kim on the beach in front of our coatal home - the Bay apartments.



Cushendun village from our balcony.





The sea wall in front of our house - looking across Cushnedun Bay to the sea and Scotland!

The cousin trio are in their element – they head into the village for snacks and then to the beach or the playground beside the village church…all on their own. Bryanna told us repeatedly that she adores this place.

We are LOVING this place.


Hanging out!

More gorgeous photos of Ireland and our whole clan to follow over the next few days as I catch up on posts!