Back in NI with Mom and Pops

We were all in Dublin together just for the day and then we drove back up to Belfast.  On Monday Mom, Dad and Heather went to the Titanic Belfast Museum that just had its grand opening a few months ago.  Tuesday Niall and I both had to work again so they took a bus to Newcastle, a cool town south of Belfast.  Here are some of their photos from that!

Newcastle is situated right on the water with the mountains nearby... kind of like an Irish SB :)

Mom and Dad thought they'd take advantage of the few minutes when the sun came out!

They found a pretty cool hike!

Watch out!!

Let's see... when they got back from Newcastle that afternoon, we all went to Helen's Bay for a walk on the beach and then to the Dirty Duck pub for dinner.  So it was a busy day for the Dohms!

Helen's Bay 

 Dad and Niall exploring the coast

We walked back through the trails instead of on the beach.  It was beautiful!

Niall decided he liked the taste of the juice that our mussels were served in.  By the looks of my face I wasn't very impressed!  :D

Here's Dad with our score card... It was "pub quiz" night at the Dirty Duck.  We entered but came in second to last!!  Oh well, we still had fun.  :)

On Wednesday I had the day off work, and Niall took a day off too so that we could all hang out and take a little trip up to the Northern coast.  We went to Giant's Causeway, Dunluce Castle, Ballintoy Harbour, and walked around the town of Portrush.  It was a great day!

Giant's Causeway

Dunluce Castle... this place is unreal!  Niall and I have been here before but I thought it was still so fun to see.

Ballintoy Harbour... tucked away at the bottom of the mountains near Portrush

candid shot :)

Heather found a nest of eggs!  The momma bird ended up chasing us away...

Well those are the highlights.  The next morning Heather flew home... Niall and I dropped her off early at the Belfast station to get a bus down to Dublin.  I was sad to see her go.  :(  We had a couple more days with Mom and Dad before they headed out as well.  I have a few more photos to post but it's late so I'll get those up soon!