Alright, I said before that I finally found my favorite spot in Ireland, and I may be one in a thousand who feel this way... I am an only child, and I enjoy time alone... always have, I love to read, to draw, paint, write poetry, etc... so I am also a romantic.. I loved Wuthering Heights, and any other book about living out on the moors with the wind howling, or the cottage with a warm peat fire in the aga stove.... like Rosamund Pilchur's books. I gravitate to the more remote locations where you might see your neighbor on the next hill over, down the lane from the small country village... where you can hear your neighbor's tractor whining on the wind, but probably can't see him... Where the bleating of your own sheep may be the only sound besides the buzzing of your bees and the call of the curlew...I found my perfection in County Donegal... so far to the north, the green hadnt quite made it there yet...
The mountains covered with bracken and heather....
This area was marked by the River Fin and was located right near Fintown.... what a lovely address!
The river is black because of the peaty soil.
Those neighbors look perfectly happy.. perhaps I could live that close together...
I really liked this house for sale as we were driving into Fintown....
With 6 bedrooms I could open a B&B....
But as we continued along our way somewhere.. we crossed back into Northern Ireland , the border is completely invisible..perhaps it was a river..
but we were definitely coming into town..
This is Derry, otherwise known as Londonderry.
I had seen photos of this amazing peace bridge there on the right.
Absolutely gorgeous at night..
and there was our hotel, The City Hotel.
Dinner was quite nice.. this fruit plate,
and a delicious chicken breast with mushroom sauce and rice
how about a triple dessert!
After that meal we all needed to walk so he grabbed a jacket and made our way to the bridge
There was a bit of a sense of being in a different country... couldnt quite put my finger on it... it wasnt a bad thing, but different.
For a cool evening there were quite a lot of folks out walking the bridge!
The bridge commemorates peace that Northern Ireland has made since the end of the "Troubles" in 2006.
The soft glow of early evening lights in Derry made for a cheerful welcome to a land that had seen more than its share of strife in recent years.
The golden sunset was a beautiful backdrop to this lovely old city!
