Since Northern Ireland is part of the UK and not the EU, I was told that I would have to pay extra fees to drive the rental car in to that area. Being the savvy financial planner that I am 😉, I decided to drop the car off in Dublin and take a bus into Belfast. 🎉 In Northern Ireland, I was able to do a neat day tour to see the giants causeway and they also took us to several filming locations for Game of Thrones.

Giants Causeway

This area along the northern coast line contains 40,000 interlocking basalt columns that look man made, but are the result of an ancient volcanic issue eruption. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was really impressive to see in person!

Cushendun Caves and the Dark Hedges

A couple of the normal excursions included in the day tour to the giants causeway are closed due to covid, so instead, the coach took us to caves in Cushendun where several scenes from Game of Thrones were filmed. At the end of the tour, we also stopped by the Dark Hedges, which is a lane that used to be the entrance to a great estate where 150 trees were originally planted by the family when the house was built. Apparently it is the site of the King’s Road in GoT and was quite pretty.

Dark Hedges

Thanks again to everyone who is following along! I’m officially 2 months in to traveling and feel really lucky that it’s gone as smooth as it has so far! Next up, Scotland!