A Day at the Beach

Thursday

I have developed a taste for breakfast – stuffed sausage. In fact, I am coming back as a stuffed sausage with extremely high cholesterol. What they do, they take a long “white” sausage, split it, and put in a breaded stuffing. It is then wrapped in bacon. Every morning Roberta buys one at the village butcher for around 50 cents. We have that, a scone and a cup of tea.

Christopher, Roberta’s youngest son, lives in Dungiven which is in the countryside. We took him and his girlfriend there as they have been staying in the house with us the past few nights. From there we went to Portrush which is a seaside community compared to Brighton Beach in England. In July and August it is filled with families who enjoy the beach and amusement parks. We walked around a bit and had some tea. From there we went to Portstewart which is another seaside town and walked the promenade. Across the bay you can see County Donegal which is in the Republic (Ireland rather than Northern Ireland).

Again we drove on the beach, this time at Dunhill. Very few people were on the beach as the kids are still in school and it is cool (around 70 degrees). I took off my shoes and got some Irish sand between my toes. It is such a beautiful, peaceful setting. While we were there, a wedding party came with a photographer to take pictures with the temple on the hill in the background (see picture).

One of the fun things about coming here, is that it encourages Owen and Roberta to go places they have not been. We drove up to the top of a hill and looked out at the water on three sides. Afterwards, on the drive home we stopped at O’Brien’s American Steakhouse in Limavady and got a hamburger.

For the night, Owen’s brother, sister-in-law, niece, and three year old son came to the house. Everyone talks at the same time and I am typically lost because I can’t understand them. They talk very fast and there are several conversations going on at the same time.

I am missing American television, particularly The Bachelorette. I hope it has been recorded! Everyone is watching the soccer matches here. They have a version of Deal or no Deal.

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