Today was all driving. Peter took me down to Belfast to meet up with my team. He showed me where the Titanic was built and where they're building a memorial because next year will be 100 years since it sank. Then he showed me the Europa, the most bombed hotel in the world. After that, he showed me where the riots took place a couple of weeks ago and the bank where the biggest robbery in history took place. £26 million and they never caught the people who did it.
Peter also showed me the theatre where Liam Neeson got his start and told me that Liam's sister was one of his teachers in primary school. Apparently she was very mean haha. He also showed me Queen's University (where he and Joanne studied) and the statue of C.S. Lewis going into the wardrobe...that was really cool.
Then we met up with Chris and eventually the rest of the my team and Peter went back up north and I went down to Cork. The other people on the team were telling me how long of a journey it was for them...it was 6 hours long (including stops and wrong turns) Which to me is just going back to Wake Forest. But today I travelled the length of Ireland and I was only in the car for 8.5ish hours. I feel so accomplished =)
A Journey to Northern Ireland
Sunday 11 September 2011
Tuesday 6 September 2011
Day 2 - 8 July 2011
So I slept 12 hours last night. It was incredible. And I felt so good when I woke up.
Then we went on a picnic (on which I learned they call ladybugs ladybirds here). After lunch, we went down to Dunluce Castle and explored around a bit. It was in shambles, but still really cool to see. When we finished with the castle, we went to the Giant's Causeway. The story goes that there was a giant named Fin McCool and he built a causeway over to Scotland to fight the Giant who had been shouting abuse at him. But when Fin got over there, he saw that the Scotch giant was much bigger than himself, so he ran back to Northern Ireland. He didn't know what to do because he knew the Scot wasn't far behind, so his wife dressed him up as a baby so that when the giant from Scotland got there he thought, If that's how big the baby is, I don't want to see the father. So he ran back to Scotland, destroying the Causeway as he ran.
The Causeway is built out of hexagonal rocks that look man-made, but are actually naturally formed. It is quite a sight to see. After the Causeway, we drove back into town and ate at this place (Ramore) that apparently you always have to queue for at least and hour. Thankfully, Joanne called ahead because there were 15 of us. So I met some of the Lawther's friends and they were very pleasant. Then we went to an ice cream shop called Morelli's that had been around for 100 years and it was really good. After ice cream, we went down to the play park again and let all the kiddos play for a while. Tomorrow I head down to Cork for my BYE team
Then we went on a picnic (on which I learned they call ladybugs ladybirds here). After lunch, we went down to Dunluce Castle and explored around a bit. It was in shambles, but still really cool to see. When we finished with the castle, we went to the Giant's Causeway. The story goes that there was a giant named Fin McCool and he built a causeway over to Scotland to fight the Giant who had been shouting abuse at him. But when Fin got over there, he saw that the Scotch giant was much bigger than himself, so he ran back to Northern Ireland. He didn't know what to do because he knew the Scot wasn't far behind, so his wife dressed him up as a baby so that when the giant from Scotland got there he thought, If that's how big the baby is, I don't want to see the father. So he ran back to Scotland, destroying the Causeway as he ran.
The Causeway is built out of hexagonal rocks that look man-made, but are actually naturally formed. It is quite a sight to see. After the Causeway, we drove back into town and ate at this place (Ramore) that apparently you always have to queue for at least and hour. Thankfully, Joanne called ahead because there were 15 of us. So I met some of the Lawther's friends and they were very pleasant. Then we went to an ice cream shop called Morelli's that had been around for 100 years and it was really good. After ice cream, we went down to the play park again and let all the kiddos play for a while. Tomorrow I head down to Cork for my BYE team
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