Today was another busy day! We got an early breakfast and then walked over to the train station to leave for Portrush. Portrush is north of Derry and as one local put it is where only “the hearty survive”. It was very cold and windy and the people we talked to seemed surprised that we were even there (it’s definitely not a tourist season). After we got to Portrush we went to catch the bus to go to Giant’s Causeway, however we found out that the bus to Giant’s Causeway doesn’t run on Saturdays. We had just given up hope when Catherine started talking to a older women at the bus stop whose name was Wilma. She told us to call her friend Steve who has a taxi service and could drive us to the Causeway. Ian called him on a pay phone only to find out that he only had a car that fit 4 (there were 6 of us) so he told us to call his friend Sean who has a taxi bus that could fit all of us. Sean was able to pick us up 10 minutes later and we were off to Giant’s Causeway all because we struck up a conversation with Wilma! Needless to say Wilma got the person of the day award.
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| A picture from the train ride. |
Anyway after about a 20 minute ride we arrived at Giant’s Causeway. There was another 20 minute walk down to the actually Causeway, but it went by quickly because the views were so amazing! The Giant’s Causeway has hexagonal shaped rocks which were formed by lava and salt flows. It is a world heritage site and is also considered by some to be the 8th wonder of the world. It was so great to walk around the Causeway and take pictures, it was crazy windy and cold, but so worth it.
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| Giant's Causeway |
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| Giant's Causeway |
After visiting the Causeway for a couple hours we went to the Dunluce castle to take a couple quick pictures and then went back to Portrush for lunch. After lunch we walked around for about 45 minutes and then caught the train home.
All in all the day was amazing. For a little while before I came here I had a hard time justifying paying so much money to go to Ireland for a month, but after three full days here, I’ve seen and done so many things that make it completely worth it and I can’t wait to see what the next three weeks bring!
I'm glad your having such a great time! From the pictures it looks so beautiful there. Hope your next three weeks (and Kelleher test) are awesome too.
ReplyDeleteEnjoying the trip through your eyes Jess! What a great opportunity for you. Savor every moment, have fun and be safe. Love the pictures. I want to go to Ireland someday.I hear the people are wonderful and looks like you have gotten a taste of that already. :))
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