We woke up this morning with Ronnie busy in the kitchen.  We were all treated to a traditional Irish breakfast called an Ulster fry: Ham, bacon, sausage, eggs, soda bread, potato bread and wheaten bread.  Wow, what a feast indeed.  I think I think I could become an Irishman very quickly!  Stuffed to the gills, we saddled up our vehicles and headed to Dunluce Castle.  This estate and castle are perched on a hilltop.  The castle was reportedly abandoned a few hundred years ago when part of the kitchen sluffed off into the sea.  We had to cross a short bridge to get to the castle but this wasn’t the swinging rope variety but a solid bridge much to the chagrin of Lynda and Barb.

The view from Barb’s new bedroom!

After visiting the castle grounds, we walked uphill to a very small tea/coffee shop for a cup and a scone in front of a warm cozy fire.  We were asked where we were from by the proprietor.  We told her we were from Seattle.  She said “Oh, John just got back from Seattle.”  We didn’t know who John was but in a few minutes while sitting there a gentleman came up who asked if we were the one’s from Seattle.  We said yes, but we live a little further north of Seattle.  He asked where and we told him Camano Island.  He said my brother lives on Camano and has a little shop named Clover Antiques and Collectibles.  How funny that we can travel 4-5 thousand miles and run into a gentleman with connections that far away.  It is an incredibly small world.  With our tea, coffee and scones finished, we gathered up and headed off for our next place to explore!