Right, so o Saturday we boarded a bus and headed out of town to the Giants Causeway. On the way we stopped at Dunluce Castle. This was really great because they were having a fair that day so we got to get some local foods and see some great things. From there we headed up to the infamous Giants Causeway. Now the causeway itself that everyone sees (the hexagon pillars in the pictures) were created by lava flow. You'll see in the photos there are 3 identifiable lava flows in the area. It's a beautiful area, though a little touristy. It was also much smaller than I thought it would be. There's really not much more to the history than that.
From there we headed along the Antrim coast to see Ballycastle, Ballygally, and Carnlough. It really is a beautiful coastline. In Ballygally the locals were jumping into the very cold bay and some of our fellow travelers chose to partake in the insanity. I say insanity because you had to get back on a bus and the water was so cold that most of the locals had wetsuits on... but hey good for them! Its life affirming!
When we got back I called Gerard to see what they were up to. He and his friends were headed to a local haunt called Ollie's. So Anna, Leigh, Meghan and I went downtown to get some food and a drink at Morrison's to kill some time. When we got to Ollie's it was packed! And we were certain not to pass dress code. I didn't pack anything really nice because I was thinking, it's Belfast, how dressy could they get? Boy was I wrong. Quite a few places it seems have dress codes stricter than DC. Think no jeans or sneakers. And we all know how I do with places like that. So we called Shane, one of the PhD students who is helping out with our program and met him and his friend Garrett in front of City Hall. From there we went to The Fly. The crowd there was certainly interesting and drunk! One guy stopped me because he was convinced he went to grammar school with me, I guess I have a double. Then I was stopped by a very drunk woman in the bathroom who just wanted to touch my hair (she said it looked so Irish). Garrett also told me that he loved my hair because it was so classically Irish. Now I have to say, that's a compliment I would never get in the states. It also was something I never thought about. When the Fly closed at 3 we walked over to a chip shop on Lisburn to get some food and then headed back to the Elms. We had run into one of the CA kids while we were at the Fly and he was fun to try to get home. He kept talking to every girl on the street, but we met some nice people!
From there we headed along the Antrim coast to see Ballycastle, Ballygally, and Carnlough. It really is a beautiful coastline. In Ballygally the locals were jumping into the very cold bay and some of our fellow travelers chose to partake in the insanity. I say insanity because you had to get back on a bus and the water was so cold that most of the locals had wetsuits on... but hey good for them! Its life affirming!
When we got back I called Gerard to see what they were up to. He and his friends were headed to a local haunt called Ollie's. So Anna, Leigh, Meghan and I went downtown to get some food and a drink at Morrison's to kill some time. When we got to Ollie's it was packed! And we were certain not to pass dress code. I didn't pack anything really nice because I was thinking, it's Belfast, how dressy could they get? Boy was I wrong. Quite a few places it seems have dress codes stricter than DC. Think no jeans or sneakers. And we all know how I do with places like that. So we called Shane, one of the PhD students who is helping out with our program and met him and his friend Garrett in front of City Hall. From there we went to The Fly. The crowd there was certainly interesting and drunk! One guy stopped me because he was convinced he went to grammar school with me, I guess I have a double. Then I was stopped by a very drunk woman in the bathroom who just wanted to touch my hair (she said it looked so Irish). Garrett also told me that he loved my hair because it was so classically Irish. Now I have to say, that's a compliment I would never get in the states. It also was something I never thought about. When the Fly closed at 3 we walked over to a chip shop on Lisburn to get some food and then headed back to the Elms. We had run into one of the CA kids while we were at the Fly and he was fun to try to get home. He kept talking to every girl on the street, but we met some nice people!
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