What I Did in the Last Month pt. 2

The second trip. sponsored by IES, was up to Northern Ireland.  Starting Friday, we met in the afternoon in Belfast for a quick lunch and tour of the conflict murals, then verntured further North to a small sea-side town known as Portrush.  Here we spent two nights in a well kept, but very retro hotel complete with an adjoining  pub and full Irish breakfast served each morning!

Whiskey tasting at the Bushmill's Distillery

Saturday day we stopped off at a Bushmill's Distillery, the oldest, legal distillery, for a late morning kick-start.  Next, we visited a special part of the Northern Irish coast known as The Giant's Causeway.  It was wet, windy, and incredible. 

Rainbow's are commonplace in Ireland

Group shot, a la Jake Kimble

In the "Giant's Boot"

After being taken out for a huge dinner at a restaurant with the most literal menu in the world (a cheeseburger pizza was actually a pizza with a cheeseburger on top), we had a night out on the town and encountered our first DRINK SPECIAL in Ireland - 2 for 1 until 11pm.  Boy, did Derrick and I take advantage of that!

The next morning, before heading back to Dublin, we stopped off at another part of the coast to walk the Carrick Rope Bridge.  I could try and describe how unstable you felt crossing it, but I think the pictures do it more justice...

Also in included in this month was the dreaded midterm week.  A storm that I can safely say we navigated ourselves through with relative ease.  What's worrisome now is the only thing that separates us from the end of our study abroad experience are 2 final exams, 7,000 words -spread over 4 papers, and a trip to Scotland.  All of which take place within the time frame of less than 4 weeks of time.  Giddy-Up!

Poland experience coming shortly.