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| Owen and Katie M skipping to breakfast :) |
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| Nobody wanted the tomato in their Irish breakfast. I GOT SO MUCH LYCOPENE, GUYS |
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| Calla and I both agreed that this mannequin looked an awful lot like a zombie... |
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| The sun decided to come out and stay out today!!!!!! |
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| One thing I really liked about being in the North was that we were never very far from the water :) |
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| The long road to the Causeway -- the part of this trip I was most excited about!!! |
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| Since it was the first big weekend for tourism, the place was crawling with people... |
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| See? Tourists everywhere. I felt kind of silly after realizing I was indignant about it, though, since I am a huge tourist myself. |
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| Giant's Causeway consists of a big area of amazing scenery. Loved it. |
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| Same picture, but with the accidental inclusion of Quizzical Man. |
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| Lots of the rocks have names around here, since there's so much mythology to go with it. I think that point out there had something to do with another foot. |
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| This is why I liked Giant's Causeway so much -- bunches of the rocks are hexagonal for NO APPARENT REASON. Hence, why people think that giants made it instead of nature. I like both theories :D |
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| The twisty part of the Causeway was really cool, but hard to climb on when wearing inappropriate footwear... |
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| I did learn a few names -- the rock that child is reclining on is either called the Giant's Foot or Giant's Shoe. I've already forgotten. There goes my credibility... |
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| This part I know for sure is called the Organ. Taylor and I hiked up here, and were saddened to see that the road beyond it was closed because of a rock slide. |
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| I actually blonded up a little this day because of the sun -- so nice!! |
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| We made it our mission to get to the ocean as often as possible while strolling around the Causeway. The waves definitely made me miss surfing though!! |
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| Brittnie and Beaner being adorable in the parking lot |
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| Taylor and his favorite two red-heads! |
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| Our secondary destination of the day -- a very cool rope bridge called Carrick-a-Rede |
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| BRIDGE! |
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| The water near it was super clear and very pretty |
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| A better shot of the wonderful water |
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| I mentioned earlier I was wearing poor footwear for the day. My decision-making skills were as follows: "I'm wearing shoes that might fall off on the bridge. So, I'll take them off!" What's the first thing I do but stub my toe and bleed all over the place. It was stupendous. |
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| Katie M and me, triumphant bridge-crossers! |
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| The bridge, in this photo, looks way scarier than it actually was in my view. |
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| Katie K had a standing bet with me that she wouldn't be able to cross it, since she's afraid of heights -- but she practically pulled me across it both ways. So, I lost the bet. But it was worth it :) |
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| Eric: "How far down do you think that is?" Me: "Far enough" |
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| Walking back across :) |
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| The bridge is about 60 feet off the water, which didn't seem too bad. The significance of the bridge is that it connected the island to the mainland -- the island had very important salmon nets that the fishermen needed to be able to check. Now it's a fun tourist thing :D |
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| The path also wound up along a different hill, so we got some more hiking in for the day. It looks far more dramatic from a distance! |
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| Hand-holding besties :D |
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| Ava attempting to figure out if Eric was actually napping or not. He really was. |
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| After a day of hiking up and down big hills and rocks, we decided to cruise around the Foyleside Mall (because, you know, we hadn't walked enough yet). Calla and I found a dress with polka dots on it -- and sitting on those polka dots are cats. FULL OF WIN. |
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| Lots of really cool graffiti in Derry! |
-S
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