Northern Ireland

My internship is winding down now. I have completed all my hours and Colum is not making me work too much although I offer to stay. It's the polite thing to do....:). Today Robert and I did some shopping in preparation of our Scotland trip this Wednesday. I am so excited to see Scotland. We will be there for three days and when we land, the kids and Robert parents should just be going through customs. I am really ready to see the kids.

Yesterday, we went to Northern Ireland. You forget you are stepping into another country until you see all the UK flags flying around. We went to Belfast first. It was a quick stop and we went on to the Carrick-A-Rede rope bridge. The water gives the Caribbean ocean a run for it's money. The rope bridge is 30 meters above the sea and was used by fisherman for over 350 years so that they could access the best places to catch migrating salmon. It was completely gorgeous. The weather was insane. It rained and shined five times that morning. After a while exploring Carrick Island, it was off to Giant's Causeway.

We did not get to see Giant's Causeway as much as I would have wanted. The weather went nuts again and began to rain. It was not the rain that bothered us, it was the wind. It took your breathe away. Combining that wind with the rain made it extremely difficult to climb the slippery rock of the causeway. Robert even slipped once. He has that gene that makes it difficult to stay on your own two feet; our daughter has the same problem. I climbed up some to look for a minute and take a couple of pictures, then we headed to the restaurant for lunch.

The day concluded with a stop in Derry. Derry has been at the forefront of many of the political struggles within Northern Ireland; including the site of Bloody Sunday. I have seen so many pictures of the murals and political statements around the town, it was crazy to see it in person. 

Scotland bound in a couple of days......