Bori goes to Holland

Last weekend we went to Belfast, well, to Carrickfergus to be more precise, for a nice little late-autumn trip. It was the first time that CouchSurfing worked out for me, previously when I tried to "book" my stay to Berlin, it was impossible to get a response.

But this time we were lucky, probably because of all the clovers. Or Leprechauns. Or however this irish mythology goes.

Carrickfergus is further to the North from Belfast, and it has gorgeous castle. Voila a night pic:

And just so that you get an idea how big it is:

In Belfast there was a statue that really amazed me: 

Probably because it made me feel like home, as it is kind of similar to the Hungarian Citadella:

After the flat Netherlands, it was an extremely "uplifting" experience to see and climb mountains. Cavehill it is called, for obvious reasons.

I was stunned by the beauty of this place. It was misty, but not cold, and it just occurred to me in this place how much I love this hilly smell of air - as I have been living on a hill back in Budapest for at least 16 years.

I also did some tree-climbing, which was out of the repertoire for a few years now:

Of course, we didn't miss to taste some local famous whiskey, Bushmill's it was. The little pub that we found was a whiskey heaven, I liked the enterior a lot:

The stay was too short, only one and a half days. We even had to turn back from hiking before reaching the biggest peak, but we did however, already have a view like this:

It is a beautiful place. Thank you Phil for hosting and helping us throughout this short little trip, this late-autumn project turned out to be a very sweet idea.