Our weekend up North ended a bit earlier than originally planned. But we awoke Sunday to rain, rain, and more rain. We figured that our good fortune yesterday was unlikely to be repeated, and we saw all the major sights already. So we packed up and starting driving back, planning to stop if / when the weather improved.
Sure enough, the weather improved a bit south of Belfast. So we decided to visit the Boyne Valley, specifically the Bru na Boinne visitors center. Our plan was to visit one of the megalithic tombs with tours, either Knowth or Newgrange. As it turned out, the tour for Knowth was a lot sooner than the tour for Newgrange. Plus, I had done the tour of Newgrange back in April with the IMF, so I preferred Knowth (which I hadn't toured in ages).
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| On top of the mound, enjoying a break in the rain |
We enjoyed lunch and some sunshine before making our way to the tour bus. Then, being Ireland, it started to rain and get a lot colder. Still, we enjoyed the tour, especially the few minutes inside (i.e. out of the rain). It's not every day you get to tour a site older than Stonehenge or the Pyramids in Egypt.
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| Knowth tomb with a side of FABJ |
There was a brief respite from the rain, but only brief...
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| Megalithic snack time out of the rain |
We then went back to the visitor's center and enjoyed looking at the exhibits there before one last hour in the car (at which point, AP was grateful that her parents didn't ask us to take her anywhere else in Ireland, at least by car).
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| Pretty neat, huh? |
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