Day 9 - Dublin to Bushmills

We woke up nice and early and headed for the Jameson's Distillery,  just across the park.

We went on a tour that taught us how Irish whisky is made, then we got a drink after the tour, nice!  I tried Jameson's and Cranberry, I think I found my new drink.

Then we collected our next hire car and headed north, way north. 

We did stop on our way at The Crown in Belfast for lunch and a warm beer.

We kept on truckin for another 1.5 hours and were able to get to the Bushmills Distillery in time for the last tour of the day.

This tour was different than Jameson's as Bushmills is still a working Distillery.  We got to see and smell all the different stages of whisky making as also to feel how terribly hot it is in the still room.  We got a drink at the end of this one too, but it was only straight whisky and was way to strong for me.

We checked into our hotel, then did a quick run down to the Rope Bridge, and met a lovely man named Dave from the National Trust.  We worked out that Irish Dave's are very lovely people when he let us in to check out the bridge just on closing time.  The bridge was scary but cool and we were able to go across and back before Dave got back from his rounds.

After the adrenaline rush, we headed back to our hotel for dinner.  We weren't going to have dinner there, but after the waiter bought us drinks, we thought we'd stay.  Luckily, because it was one of the best meals we have had so far.

Tomorrow, we walk in the footsteps of giants.....