Feb 7th – Day Trip

Today we took another day trip with the International Students' Society to Northern Ireland! Our first stop was at a place called Carrick-A-Rede rope bridge. It is a famous bridge that connects the mainland to a small island called Carrickarede. It is almost 100 feet above the rocks and ocean - I am not really afraid of heights, but it was definitely a step out of my friends' comfort zones!

We then headed to the Giants' Causeway, my favorite part of the day trip. The causeway is a series of basalt columns formed from volcanic activity. There is much folklore associated with the site since it is so remarkable. Legend has it that the causeway was a bridge built by a giant to get over to Scotland, and then destroyed! All the rocks were really fun to climb on.

After this, we also got to explore the city of Belfast for a short period of time. Then we headed back to Dublin. Great day!