giants causeway.

Yesterday Jen, Sarah, and I went on a day trip with about 175 international students from Queens University. Belfast Bible College is a branch of the school so we got to go on this amazing trip to Giants Causeway, Dunluce Castle, and Shanes Castle all for free :) While the castle ruins were amazing - like nothing iv ever seen in America - the Giants Causeway was my favorite part of the trip. The legend is that a giant from Northern Ireland wanted to prove his strength to his rival - a giant in Scotland [note: when i heard this story told it was complete with details including names, locations, etc...] So the Irish Giant made a stepping stone path to Scotland, however when he arrived and saw that his rival was much bigger than himself he ran back to Northern Ireland where his wife dressed him as a baby and put him to sleep. When the Scottish giant came looking for a fight and saw the baby he thought that if the baby was this big then the father must be enormous. Upon this conclusion the giant ran back to Scotland tearing up the path on his way which is why there only remains a portion of the path in Northern Ireland and the other end in Scotland.
Or it was caused by volcanic activity.
One or the other - but i heard the first theory a whole lot more than the second.
Giants or Volcano? You be the judge.
The landscape around the causeway was so beautiful - like all the scenery here. The Irish Sea splashing up to the green cliffs was so gorgeous. Of course the causeway it self is amazing, all of the stones are in all in a hexagonal shape and the eroding cliffs reveals hexagonal pillars all around the coast. Jen, Sarah, and I ate lunch on the stones and just sat admiring the place.
We all agreed that we could spend the whole day just sitting in awe of the landscape.
Although everything is wonderful and beautiful here and i am thoroughly enjoying my trip this far i have been missing my family, friends, nephews and niece, and Patrick very very much. I wish they could be here to experience everything with me.

along the path at Giants Causeway

me at the Causeway

the amazing hexagon pillars

the three of us

puddles on the rocks

the view

causeway and the Irish Sea

Dunluce Castle

Jen and Sarah being tourists

cliffs off Dunluce

{ i cant seem to stop listening to this song}